Petrology and geochemistry of cold seep carbonates from the northern Okinawa Trough, East China Sea: implications to early diagenesis

Kehong YANG; Zhimin ZHU; Yanhui DONG; Weiyan ZHANG; Fengyou CHU

doi:10.1007/s00343-021-1148-0

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Petrology and geochemistry of cold seep carbonates from the northern Okinawa Trough, East China Sea: implications to early diagenesis

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- Petrology and geochemistry of cold seep carbonates from the northern Okinawa Trough, East China Sea: implications to early diagenesis
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 40, Issue 4, Pages: 1388-1403(2022)
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  Key Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences & Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
- Author bio：
  
  Kehong YANG, E-mail: yangkh@sio.org.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-021-1148-0
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- Received：29 April 2021，
  
  Accepted：13 July 2021，
  
  Online First：10 September 2021，
  
  Published：2022-07
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Kehong YANG, Zhimin ZHU, Yanhui DONG, et al. Petrology and geochemistry of cold seep carbonates from the northern Okinawa Trough, East China Sea: implications to early diagenesis[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(4): 1388-1403.
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Kehong YANG, Zhimin ZHU, Yanhui DONG, et al. Petrology and geochemistry of cold seep carbonates from the northern Okinawa Trough, East China Sea: implications to early diagenesis[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2022, 40(4): 1388-1403. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-021-1148-0.

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Abstract

Carbonate samples were collected from the northern Okinawa Trough in the East China Sea in 2013. The petrology

mineralogy

carbon and oxygen isotopes

and rare earth elements (REEs) of these samples were analyzed. Aragonite

high-Mg calcite

and dolomite were the main carbonate minerals

the contents of which varied greatly among the carbonate samples. Petrological observations revealed the common occurrence of framboidal pyrites. The δ

C values of carbonates varied from -53.7‰ to -39.3‰ (average of -47.3‰ based on Vienna Pee Dee Belemnite (V-PDB)

=9)

and the δ

O values ranged from 0.6‰ to 3.4‰ (average of 1.9‰; V-PDB

=9). The carbon and oxygen isotope characteristics indicated that the carbonates precipitated during the anaerobic oxidation of methane. The carbon source was a mixture of thermogenic methane and biogenic methane

possibly with a greater contribution from the former. The oxygen isotope data showed that gas hydrate dissociation occurred during carbonate precipitation. The Ce anomalies suggested that the carbonates precipitated in an anoxic environment. A slight enrichment of middle REEs (MREEs) could be attributable to the early diagenesis. The structures

minerals

oxygen isotopes

and MREEs all indicated that the carbonates experienced some degree of early diagenesis. Therefore

the influence of early diagenesis should be considered when using geological and geochemical proxies to reconstruct original methane seepage environments.

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