Respiration and dissolution in sediments of the western Atlantic
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| author | Hales, Burke Emerson, Steven R Archer, David E |
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| contents | We present in situ microelectrode measurements of sediment formation factor and porewater oxygen and pH from six stations in the North Atlantic varying in depth from 2159 to 5380 m. A numerical model of the oxygen data indicates that fluxes of oxygen to the sediments are as much as an order of magnitude higher than benthic chamber flux measurements previously reported in the same area. Model results require dissolution driven by metabolic CO2 production within the sediments to explain the pH data; even at the station with the most undersaturated bottom waters >60% of the calcite dissolution occurs in response to metabolic CO2. Aragonite dissolution alone cannot provide the observed buffering of porewater pH, even at the shallowest station. A sensitivity test of the model that accounts for uncertainties in the bottom water saturation state and the stoichiometry between oxygen consumption and CO2 production during respiration constrains the dissolution rate constant for calcite to between 3 and 30% day**-1, in agreement with earlier in situ determinations of the rate constant. Model results predict that over 35% of the calcium carbonate rain to these sediments dissolves at all stations, confirmed by sediment trap and CaCO3 accumulation data. |
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| spellingShingle | Respiration and dissolution in sediments of the western Atlantic Hales, Burke Emerson, Steven R Archer, David E ADEPD; ADEPDCruises; ADEPDCruises_H_11_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_11_SC; ADEPDCruises_H_5_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_5_SC; ADEPDCruises_H_6_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_7_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_7_SC; ADEPDCruises_H_8_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_8_SC; ADEPDCruises_H_9_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_9_SC; Atlantic Data Base for Exchange Processes at the Deep Sea Floor; BC; Bottle, Niskin; Box corer; H_11_BOTTLE; H_11_SC; H_11BC-no3; H_11BC-o2; H_11-me; H_5_BOTTLE; H_5_SC; H_5BC-no3; H_5BC-o2; H_5BC-s; H_5-me; H_6_BOTTLE; H_6BC-no3; H_6BC-o2; H_6BC-s; H_7_BOTTLE; H_7_SC; H_7BC-o2; H_7BC-s; H_7-me; H_8_BOTTLE; H_8_SC; H_8BC-no3; H_8BC-o2; H_8BC-s; H_8-me; H_9_BOTTLE; H_9_SC; H_9BC-no3; H_9BC-o2; H_9BC-s; H_9-me; NIS; SC; Soil combustion We present in situ microelectrode measurements of sediment formation factor and porewater oxygen and pH from six stations in the North Atlantic varying in depth from 2159 to 5380 m. A numerical model of the oxygen data indicates that fluxes of oxygen to the sediments are as much as an order of magnitude higher than benthic chamber flux measurements previously reported in the same area. Model results require dissolution driven by metabolic CO2 production within the sediments to explain the pH data; even at the station with the most undersaturated bottom waters >60% of the calcite dissolution occurs in response to metabolic CO2. Aragonite dissolution alone cannot provide the observed buffering of porewater pH, even at the shallowest station. A sensitivity test of the model that accounts for uncertainties in the bottom water saturation state and the stoichiometry between oxygen consumption and CO2 production during respiration constrains the dissolution rate constant for calcite to between 3 and 30% day**-1, in agreement with earlier in situ determinations of the rate constant. Model results predict that over 35% of the calcium carbonate rain to these sediments dissolves at all stations, confirmed by sediment trap and CaCO3 accumulation data. |
| title | Respiration and dissolution in sediments of the western Atlantic |
| topic | ADEPD; ADEPDCruises; ADEPDCruises_H_11_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_11_SC; ADEPDCruises_H_5_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_5_SC; ADEPDCruises_H_6_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_7_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_7_SC; ADEPDCruises_H_8_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_8_SC; ADEPDCruises_H_9_BOTTLE; ADEPDCruises_H_9_SC; Atlantic Data Base for Exchange Processes at the Deep Sea Floor; BC; Bottle, Niskin; Box corer; H_11_BOTTLE; H_11_SC; H_11BC-no3; H_11BC-o2; H_11-me; H_5_BOTTLE; H_5_SC; H_5BC-no3; H_5BC-o2; H_5BC-s; H_5-me; H_6_BOTTLE; H_6BC-no3; H_6BC-o2; H_6BC-s; H_7_BOTTLE; H_7_SC; H_7BC-o2; H_7BC-s; H_7-me; H_8_BOTTLE; H_8_SC; H_8BC-no3; H_8BC-o2; H_8BC-s; H_8-me; H_9_BOTTLE; H_9_SC; H_9BC-no3; H_9BC-o2; H_9BC-s; H_9-me; NIS; SC; Soil combustion |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.730420 |