Contribution of ``old'' carbon from natural marine hydrocarbon seeps to sedimentary and dissolved organic carbon pools in the Gulf of Mexico

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Sep 2001

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Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 17, p. 3313-3316

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Geochemical Cycles, Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Organic Marine Chemistry, Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Radioactivity And Radioisotopes, Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Stable Isotopes

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Natural radiocarbon (14C) abundances and stable carbon isotope (δ13C) compositions were measured for sediment total organic carbon (TOC), and total lipid fractions of sediments, bottom water, and hydrate-water collected from two hydrocarbon seepage sites in Green Canyon, Northern Gulf of Mexico to determine the contribution of ``old'' carbon from seeps to sediment TOC and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) pools. Our results indicate that 40-60% of the organic carbon preserved in the sediments and 30% of the DOC in the deep water above the seeps were seep-derived 14C-depleted organic carbon. This new evidence along with our previous studies suggest that natural marine hydrocarbon seepage could be a significant source contributing ``old'' carbon to the marine environment. Our findings suggest that the global importance and the long-term impact of this contribution to biogeochemical carbon cycling in the ocean need to be more thoroughly investigated.

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