Mineral composition, rare earth elements, and trace elements from samples of the northern Congo deep-sea fan

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Main Authors: Feng, Dong, Chen, Duofu, Peckmann, Jörn, Bohrmann, Gerhard
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author Feng, Dong
Chen, Duofu
Peckmann, Jörn
Bohrmann, Gerhard
author_facet Feng, Dong
Chen, Duofu
Peckmann, Jörn
Bohrmann, Gerhard
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Authigenic carbonates were collected from methane seeps at Hydrate Hole at 3113 m water depth and Diapir Field at 2417 m water depth on the northern Congo deep-sea fan during RV Meteor cruise M56. The carbonate samples analyzed here are nodules, mainly composed of aragonite and high-Mg calcite. Abundant putative microbial carbonate rods and associated pyrite framboids were recognized within the carbonate matrix. The d13C values of the Hydrate Hole carbonates range from -62.5 permil to -46.3 permil PDB, while the d13C values of the Diapir Field carbonate are somewhat higher, ranging from -40.7 permil to -30.7 permil PDB, indicating that methane is the predominant carbon source at both locations. Relative enrichment of 18O (d18O values as high as 5.2 permil PDB) are probably related to localized destabilization of gas hydrate. The total content of rare earth elements (REE) of 5% HNO3-treated solutions derived from carbonate samples varies from 1.6 ppm to 42.5 ppm. The shale-normalized REE patterns all display positive Ce anomalies (Ce/Ce* > 1.3), revealing that the carbonates precipitated under anoxic conditions. A sample from Hydrate Hole shows a concentric lamination, corresponding to fluctuations in d13C values as well as trace elements contents. These fluctuations are presumed to reflect changes of seepage flux.
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spellingShingle Mineral composition, rare earth elements, and trace elements from samples of the northern Congo deep-sea fan
Feng, Dong
Chen, Duofu
Peckmann, Jörn
Bohrmann, Gerhard
Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; Congo Fan; GeoB8212-2; GeoB8215-2; M56/2; MARUM; Meteor (1986); Television-Grab; TVG
Authigenic carbonates were collected from methane seeps at Hydrate Hole at 3113 m water depth and Diapir Field at 2417 m water depth on the northern Congo deep-sea fan during RV Meteor cruise M56. The carbonate samples analyzed here are nodules, mainly composed of aragonite and high-Mg calcite. Abundant putative microbial carbonate rods and associated pyrite framboids were recognized within the carbonate matrix. The d13C values of the Hydrate Hole carbonates range from -62.5 permil to -46.3 permil PDB, while the d13C values of the Diapir Field carbonate are somewhat higher, ranging from -40.7 permil to -30.7 permil PDB, indicating that methane is the predominant carbon source at both locations. Relative enrichment of 18O (d18O values as high as 5.2 permil PDB) are probably related to localized destabilization of gas hydrate. The total content of rare earth elements (REE) of 5% HNO3-treated solutions derived from carbonate samples varies from 1.6 ppm to 42.5 ppm. The shale-normalized REE patterns all display positive Ce anomalies (Ce/Ce* > 1.3), revealing that the carbonates precipitated under anoxic conditions. A sample from Hydrate Hole shows a concentric lamination, corresponding to fluctuations in d13C values as well as trace elements contents. These fluctuations are presumed to reflect changes of seepage flux.
title Mineral composition, rare earth elements, and trace elements from samples of the northern Congo deep-sea fan
topic Center for Marine Environmental Sciences; Congo Fan; GeoB8212-2; GeoB8215-2; M56/2; MARUM; Meteor (1986); Television-Grab; TVG
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.771775