Interstitial fluid chemistry of sediments underlying the North Atlantic gyre and the influence of subsurface fluid flow

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 323-324, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-91

  Ziebis, Wiebke ^a   McManus, James ^b   Ferdelman, Timothy ^c   Schmidt Schierhorn, Friederike ^d   Bach, Wolfgang ^d   Muratli, Jesse ^b   Edwards, Katrina J ^a   Villinger, Heinrich ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Molybdenum; Nitrate; Oxygen; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ATLANTIC; CHEMICAL DATA; DIAGENESIS; DIRECTED FLOW; FORAMINIFERS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; GRAVITY CORE; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN GYRES; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; OXYGEN DISTRIBUTION; OXYGEN PROFILES; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS; PORE FLUID CHEMISTRY; PORE FLUIDS; SEA FLOOR; SEDIMENT DEPTH; SEDIMENT POND; SOLID-PHASE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUBSURFACE FLUID FLOW;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUILDINGS; LAKES; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATES; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GYRE; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOLOGY; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OUTCROP; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84857473384     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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