期刊
GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
卷 184, 期 -, 页码 227-239出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.04.040
关键词
Nitrogen isotope fractionation; Bioirrigation; Sediment redox conditions; Benthic N-2 production; Early diagenetic model
资金
- U.S. National Science Foundation [OCE 0751882]
- Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Ecological Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG-II)
Nitrogen isotopic signatures of sources and sinks of fixed nitrogen (N) can be used to constrain marine nitrogen budgets. However, the reported fractionation during benthic N-2 production varies substantially. To assess the range and mechanisms responsible for such observations, we conducted a model study to evaluate the extent to which nitrification, denitrification, and anaerobic ammonium oxidation contribute to the isotopic composition of in situ N-2 production. Different hydrodynamic regimes were taken into account, ranging from bioirrigation to diffusion-dominated transport. The benthic redox conditions were found to control the N isotope effect, which under reducing conditions is driven by fractionation during nitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation and under oxidizing conditions by fractionation during denitrification. Environmental parameters, such as the mineralization rate, the bioirrigation intensity, and chemical composition of the overlying water affect the benthic redox zonation and therefore also the benthic N isotope effect. The N isotope effect of benthic N-2 production was computed for a wide range of bioirrigation intensities and mineralization rates, and found to be approximately -3% for commonly encountered conditions. This value is similar to previous estimates of the global N isotope effect of benthic N-2 production, and further constrains the relative importance of water column vs. benthic N-2 production. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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