Redox conditions in sediments and during sedimentation in the Ontong Java Plateau, west equatorial Pacific

Bo Lu; Tiegang Li; Xinke Yu; Fengming Chang; Qingyun Nan

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Redox conditions in sediments and during sedimentation in the Ontong Java Plateau, west equatorial Pacific

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- Redox conditions in sediments and during sedimentation in the Ontong Java Plateau, west equatorial Pacific
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 29, Issue 6, Pages: 1309-1324(2011)
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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  3. National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-011-1027-1
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Lu, B., Li, T., Yu, X. et al. Redox conditions in sediments and during sedimentation in the Ontong Java Plateau, west equatorial Pacific., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 29, 1309–1324 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-011-1027-1
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Lu, B., Li, T., Yu, X. et al. Redox conditions in sediments and during sedimentation in the Ontong Java Plateau, west equatorial Pacific., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 29, 1309–1324 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-011-1027-1 DOI：

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Abstract

Redox-sensitive elements in sediments

such as manganese (Mn)

vanadium (V)

molybdenum (Mo)

and uranium (U)

are promising indicators of past redox conditions during sedimentation and early diagenesis. However

in the Ontong Java Plateau

west equatorial Pacific

there are sparse datasets of redox-sensitive elements in sediment cores. Here

we present a 250 ka record of redox sensitive elements from a 460 cm gravity core at site WP7 (3°56′S

156°E

water depth 1 800 m)

which was recovered from the southwest Ontong Java Plateau during the 1993 cruise of R/V Science I of the Institute of Oceanology

Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS). Relative to the Post-Archean Australian Shale (PAAS)

authigenic Mn

cobalt (Co)

nickel (Ni)

and cadmium (Cd) were found at constantly low levels except when peaks occurred at several depth intervals. Manganese

and Mo concentrations were elevated at 25–35 cm due to Mn redox cycling. The core was divided into three distinct sections

the top 0–25 cm being oxic

a suboxic section at 25–35 cm and from 35–460 cm which was anoxic. Differential authigenic enrichments of Co

and Cd at the same depth intervals were observed indicating that the enrichments happened during sedimentation or diagenesis and suffered no post settlement redox changes. Therefore

no significant changes in redox conditions during sedimentation must have happened. The water at depth on the Ontong Java Plateau during past 250 ka must have been well oxygenated

possibly resulted from the more or less continuous presence of oxygen-rich deep water like the modern Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) and Antarctic Circumpolar Water (ACW); while it’s slightly less oxygenated in glacial intervals

possibly due to ventilation weakening and/or the surface productivity increase.

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