PII S0016-7037(00)00886-9 Remobilization of authigenic uranium in marine sediments by bioturbation
Abstract—Uranium behaves as a nearly conservative element in oxygenated seawater, but it is precipitated under chemically reducing conditions that occur in sediments underlying low-oxygen bottom water or in sediments receiving high fluxes of particulate organic carbon. Sites characterized by a range...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.541.4387 2023-05-15T17:45:42+02:00 PII S0016-7037(00)00886-9 Remobilization of authigenic uranium in marine sediments by bioturbation Alexander Van Geen Martin Q. Fleisher The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2000 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.541.4387 http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~avangeen/pdf/Zheng_GCAU1_02.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.541.4387 http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~avangeen/pdf/Zheng_GCAU1_02.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~avangeen/pdf/Zheng_GCAU1_02.pdf text 2000 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T11:05:05Z Abstract—Uranium behaves as a nearly conservative element in oxygenated seawater, but it is precipitated under chemically reducing conditions that occur in sediments underlying low-oxygen bottom water or in sediments receiving high fluxes of particulate organic carbon. Sites characterized by a range of bottom-water oxygen (BWO) and organic carbon flux (OCF) were studied to better understand the conditions that determine formation and preservation of authigenic U in marine sediments. Our study areas are located in the mid latitudes of the northeast Pacific and the northwest Atlantic Oceans, and all sites receive moderate (0.5 g/cm2 kyr) to high (2.8 g/cm2 kyr) OCF to the sediments. BWO concentrations vary substantially among the sites, ranging from 3 to 270 M. A mass balance approach was used to evaluate authigenic U remobilization at each site. Within each region studied, the supply of particulate nonlithogenic U associated with sinking particles was evaluated by means of sediment traps. The diffusive flux of U into sediments was calculated from pore-water U concentration profiles. These combined sources were compared with the burial rate of authigenic U to assess the efficiency of its preservation. A large fraction (one-third to two-thirds) of the authigenic U precipitated in these sediments via diffusion supply is later regenerated, even under very low BWO concentrations (15 M). Bioturbating organisms periodically mix authigenic U-containing sediment upward toward the sediment–water interface, where more oxidizing conditions lead to the remobilization of authigenic U and its loss to bottom waters. Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd 1. Text Northwest Atlantic Unknown Pacific |
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Abstract—Uranium behaves as a nearly conservative element in oxygenated seawater, but it is precipitated under chemically reducing conditions that occur in sediments underlying low-oxygen bottom water or in sediments receiving high fluxes of particulate organic carbon. Sites characterized by a range of bottom-water oxygen (BWO) and organic carbon flux (OCF) were studied to better understand the conditions that determine formation and preservation of authigenic U in marine sediments. Our study areas are located in the mid latitudes of the northeast Pacific and the northwest Atlantic Oceans, and all sites receive moderate (0.5 g/cm2 kyr) to high (2.8 g/cm2 kyr) OCF to the sediments. BWO concentrations vary substantially among the sites, ranging from 3 to 270 M. A mass balance approach was used to evaluate authigenic U remobilization at each site. Within each region studied, the supply of particulate nonlithogenic U associated with sinking particles was evaluated by means of sediment traps. The diffusive flux of U into sediments was calculated from pore-water U concentration profiles. These combined sources were compared with the burial rate of authigenic U to assess the efficiency of its preservation. A large fraction (one-third to two-thirds) of the authigenic U precipitated in these sediments via diffusion supply is later regenerated, even under very low BWO concentrations (15 M). Bioturbating organisms periodically mix authigenic U-containing sediment upward toward the sediment–water interface, where more oxidizing conditions lead to the remobilization of authigenic U and its loss to bottom waters. Copyright © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd 1. |
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