Bottom sediments of Kandalaksha Bay in the White Sea: The phenomenon of Mn |
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| Authors: | A G Rozanov I I Volkov |
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| Institution: | 1.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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| Abstract: | The redox stratification of bottom sediments in Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, is characterized by elevated concentrations of
Mn (3–5%) and Fe (7.5%) in the uppermost layer, which is two orders of magnitude and one and a half times, respectively, higher
than the average concentrations of these elements in the Earth’s crust. The high concentrations of organic matter (Corg = 1–2%) in these sediments cannot maintain (because of its low reaction activity) the sulfate-reducing process (the concentration
of sulfide Fe is no higher than 0.6%). The clearest manifestation of diagenesis is the extremely high Mn2+ concentration in the silt water (>500 μM), which causes its flux into the bottom water, oxidation in contact with oxygen,
and the synthesis of MnO2 oxyhydroxide enriching the surface layer of the sediments. Such migrations are much less typical of Fe. Upon oxygen exhaustion
in the uppermost layer of the sediments, the synthesized oxyhydroxides (MnO2 and FeOOH) serve as oxidizers of organic matter during anaerobic diagenesis. The calculated diffusion-driven Mn flux from
the sediments (280 μmM/m2 day) and corresponding amount of forming Mn oxyhydrate as compared to opposite oxygen flux to sediments (1–10 mM/m2 day) indicates that >10% organic matter in the surface layer of the sediments can be oxidized with the participation of MnO2. The roles of other oxidizers of organic matter (FeOOH and SO42−) becomes discernible at deeper levels of the sediments. The detailed calculation of the balance of reducing processes testifies
to the higher consumption of organic matter during the diagenesis of surface sediments than it follows from the direct determination
of Corg. The most active diagenetic redox processes terminate at depths of 25–50 cm. Layers enriched in Mn at deeper levels are metastable
relicts of its surface accumulation and are prone to gradual dissemination |
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