期刊
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
卷 115, 期 -, 页码 547-556出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.11.001
关键词
Authigenic pyrite; Chromium reduction sulfur; Paleo-SMTZ; Northern South China Sea
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41472085, 41172102]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB808805]
- National Project of Exploration and Test Production for Gas Hydrate [GZH20110030-50603, GZH20110030-6WX02]
The sulfate-methane transition zone (SMTZ) is an important diagenetic redox boundary within marine sediments where the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM), coupled with bacterial sulfate reduction, can promote sulfur isotopic enrichments in several solid phase minerals including pyrite (FeS2). Authigenic pyrite can form in concentrated abundances within the SMTZ and as such, can be used as a proxy to identify paleo-SMTZs. This study uses enrichments in S-34 and anomalously high abundances of authigenic pyrites in 287 samples from the northern South China Sea (SCS) to determine the paleo-SMTZ. The pyrite samples were collected from sediment cores acquired at three sites, each of which are known to be located in natural gas hydrate-bearing regions. We assess the relative abundances of authigenic pyrites, the types of pyrite morphologies recovered in the cored sediments, and the sulfur isotopic values of recovered pyrite samples using two methods: (1) handpicked sample analysis using a binocular microscope, and (2) the chromium reduction method. Our results show that Write concentrations and sulfur isotopic compositions exhibit synchronous fluctuations, particularly from 6.8 m below seafloor (mbsf) to 8.4 mbsf at all three study sites. There is a significant increase in the occurrence of rod-like pyrite morphology within this key interval. We define the position of the paleo-SMTZ by the presence of anomalously high accumulations of pyrites at greater than 5.0 wt.% using the handpicking method or greater than 0.5 wt.% via the chromium reduction method, along with positive Delta delta S-34 excursions greater than 10.0 parts per thousand VCDT. We discovered a regional paleo-SMTZ that is shallower than the modern SMTZ, suggesting a previous period of elevated methane flux from depth, possibly related to widespread gas hydrate dissociation. (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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