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CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
卷 91, 期 -, 页码 1-11出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.08.010
关键词
Changjiang Estuary; Mud deposit; Sedimentary organic carbon; Remineralization; Preservation; Authigenic mineral formation
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41176063, 41221004, 40920164004]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [OUC201413022]
Knowledge of the fate of sedimentary organic carbon (SOC) in large-river delta-front estuaries (LDEs) is critical for understanding the global carbon cycle. In this study, remineralization of total organic carbon (TOC) in the Changjiang Estuary and adjacent East China Sea (ECS) shelf were investigated by combining sediment and pore water analyses. Distinctively low TOC to sediment surface area (TOC/SSA) loadings (< 0.40 mg m(-2)) were observed mainly in the mud deposits comparable to tropical deltaic mobile muds or delta topset, indicating an inefficient SOC preservation. Anaerobic incubations showed that the net reaction rate of Sigma CO2 in pore waters over the whole core (0-24 cm) of sediments in the Changjiang Estuary was 5.1 mmol m(-2) d(-1), and over the upper 15 cm was 9.3 mmol m(-2) d(-1). Sigma CO2 in pore waters from incubated sediments decreased with time and the consumption rate in the lower layer of sediments was 4.2 mmol m(-2) d(-1), close to the consumption rate of major cations, especially calcium, indicating the precipitation of authigenic carbonates. Overall, remineralization of SOC in mobile-mud belts could play a critical role in the biogeochemical cycling and storage of OC, and other important biogenic elements in this highly dynamic LDE. (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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