Ba, Al and SO4 concentrations in sediments and pore fluid of ODP Leg 127/128 samples

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Hauptverfasser: von Breymann, Marta T, Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen, Emeis, Kay-Christian
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author von Breymann, Marta T
Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen
Emeis, Kay-Christian
author_facet von Breymann, Marta T
Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen
Emeis, Kay-Christian
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The barium distribution in sediments and pore fluids from five sites drilled in the Japan Sea have been used to illustrate the geochemical behavior of this element as it pertains paleoproductivity reconstructions, diagenetic remobilization, and barite precipitation in authigenic fronts. Sites where sulfate is depleted in the pore fluids also show high concentrations of dissolved barium, reflecting dissolution of biogenic barite. The high rate of sedimentation at Sites 798 and 799 results in a rapid sulfate depletion, which in turn leads to barite dissolution and reprecipitation in diagenetic fronts. The dissolved barium distribution at these sites has been used to quantify the rate of barite dissolution; we estimate a first-order rate constant for barite dissolution to be 2*10**-6/s at Site 799 and 2*10**-7/s at Site 798. Authigenic barite has been documented in sediments from Site 799 at 323 meters below seafloor by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray fluorescence analysis. These results indicate barite precipitation in a diagenetic front near the zone of sulfate depletion by upward migration of dissolved barium and downward diffusion of sulfate. Barite precipitation has also been inferred at Sites 796 and 798 based on sedimentary and dissolved barium distributions. Sulfate is not depleted in the pore fluids of Site 794. The lack of diagenetic remobilization of biogenic barium at this site preserves the high barium signal associated with the high-productivity sequences deposited during the late Miocene to Pliocene. Significantly, the organic carbon distribution does not indicate high accumulation rates during the periods of high opal and barium deposition. Instead, higher organic carbon accumulations are recorded in the Quaternary and middle Miocene sequences; intervals that are also characterized by deposition of siliciclastic turbidites. The presence of a terrestrial component in the organic carbon record renders barium a more useful indicator than organic carbon for paleoproductivity reconstructions in this marginal sea.
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spellingShingle Ba, Al and SO4 concentrations in sediments and pore fluid of ODP Leg 127/128 samples
von Breymann, Marta T
Brumsack, Hans-Jürgen
Emeis, Kay-Christian
127-794A; 127-794B; 127-795A; 127-795B; 127-796A; 127-796B; 127-797B; 127-797C; 128-798B; 128-799A; 128-799B; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Japan Sea; Joides Resolution; Leg127; Leg128; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP
The barium distribution in sediments and pore fluids from five sites drilled in the Japan Sea have been used to illustrate the geochemical behavior of this element as it pertains paleoproductivity reconstructions, diagenetic remobilization, and barite precipitation in authigenic fronts. Sites where sulfate is depleted in the pore fluids also show high concentrations of dissolved barium, reflecting dissolution of biogenic barite. The high rate of sedimentation at Sites 798 and 799 results in a rapid sulfate depletion, which in turn leads to barite dissolution and reprecipitation in diagenetic fronts. The dissolved barium distribution at these sites has been used to quantify the rate of barite dissolution; we estimate a first-order rate constant for barite dissolution to be 2*10**-6/s at Site 799 and 2*10**-7/s at Site 798. Authigenic barite has been documented in sediments from Site 799 at 323 meters below seafloor by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray fluorescence analysis. These results indicate barite precipitation in a diagenetic front near the zone of sulfate depletion by upward migration of dissolved barium and downward diffusion of sulfate. Barite precipitation has also been inferred at Sites 796 and 798 based on sedimentary and dissolved barium distributions. Sulfate is not depleted in the pore fluids of Site 794. The lack of diagenetic remobilization of biogenic barium at this site preserves the high barium signal associated with the high-productivity sequences deposited during the late Miocene to Pliocene. Significantly, the organic carbon distribution does not indicate high accumulation rates during the periods of high opal and barium deposition. Instead, higher organic carbon accumulations are recorded in the Quaternary and middle Miocene sequences; intervals that are also characterized by deposition of siliciclastic turbidites. The presence of a terrestrial component in the organic carbon record renders barium a more useful indicator than organic carbon for paleoproductivity reconstructions in this marginal sea.
title Ba, Al and SO4 concentrations in sediments and pore fluid of ODP Leg 127/128 samples
topic 127-794A; 127-794B; 127-795A; 127-795B; 127-796A; 127-796B; 127-797B; 127-797C; 128-798B; 128-799A; 128-799B; DRILL; Drilling/drill rig; Japan Sea; Joides Resolution; Leg127; Leg128; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777296