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NATURE GEOSCIENCE
卷 11, 期 6, 页码 421-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41561-018-0122-8
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel [G.0929.08]
- Max Planck Society
- ERC Advanced Grant (MICROENERGY, EU 7th FP) [294200]
- Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF grant) [104]
- Netherlands Earth System Science Centre (NESSC)
Anaerobic oxidation of methane provides a globally important, yet poorly constrained barrier for the vast amounts of methane produced in the subseafloor. Here we provide a global map and budget of the methane flux and degradation in diffusion-controlled marine sediments in relation to the depth of the methane oxidation barrier. Our new budget suggests that 45-61 Tg of methane are oxidized with sulfate annually, with approximately 80% of this oxidation occurring in continental shelf sediments (< 200 m water depth). Using anaerobic oxidation as a nearly quantitative sink for methane in steady-state diffusive sediments, we calculate that similar to 3-4% of the global organic carbon flux to the seafloor is converted to methane. We further report a global imbalance of diffusive methane and sulfate fluxes into the sulfate-methane transition with no clear trend with respect to the corresponding depth of the methane oxidation barrier. The observed global mean net flux ratio between sulfate and methane of 1.4: 1 indicates that, on average, the methane flux to the sulfate-methane transition accounts for only similar to 70% of the sulfate consumption in the sulfate-methane transition zone of marine sediments.
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