georefid:2007-088095georefid:2007-088081SEDIS Publication Catalogueana.macario@awi.dehttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2011-06-23T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=10.2973/odp.proc.sr.149.238.1996<gco:CharacterString>The implications of turbidite-driven redox changes in sediments of the Iberia abyssal plain</gco:CharacterString>1996-01-01publicationgeorefid:2007-088095doi:10.2973/odp.proc.sr.149.238.1996Shaw, Timothy J.University of South Carolina, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Columbia, SC, United StatesauthorMeyers, Philip A.Rice University, United StatesauthorTexas A&M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United StatespublisherdocumentDigitalIn: Whitmarsh, Robert B., Sawyer, Dale S., Klaus, Adam, Beslier, Marie-Odile, Collins, Eric S., Comas, Maria Carmen, Cornen, Guy, de Kaenel, Eric, Pinheiro, Luis de Menezes, Gervais, Elisabeth, Gibson, Ian L., Harry, Dennis L., Hobart, Michael A., Kanamatsu, Toshiya, Krawcyzk, Charlotte M., Liu, Li, Lofts, Jeremy C., Marsaglia, Kathleen M., Meyers, Philip A., Milkert, Doris, Milliken, Kitty L., Morgan, Julia K., Ramirez, Pedro, Seifert, Karl E., Shaw, Timothy J., Wilson, Chris, Yin, Chuan, Zhao, Xixi, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program; scientific results, Iberia abyssal plain; covering Leg 149 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel JOIDES Resolution; Balboa Harbor, Panama, to Lisbon, Portugal; sites 897-901, 10 March-25 May 1993149301-304Three Ocean Drilling Program sites in the Iberia Abyssal Plain were compared to study the impact of turbidite emplacement on redox conditions in abyssal sediments. Pore-water sulfate and methane concentrations were used as indicators of redox conditions. Two sites showed massive turbidite emplacements in the Pliocene-Pleistocene sequence, coincident with the onset of climate-driven sea-level change. These sites showed sediment redox conditions more characteristic of shallow margin sediments than abyssal sediments. Calculations suggest that oxygen diffusion into thick turbidite sequences is limited, thus most of the degradation of emplaced organic carbon occurs under anoxic conditions. Sulfate reduction is the primary mode of carbon degradation in recent turbidites. However, profiles indicate that a significant fraction of the older buried carbon is refractory with respect to sulfate reduction, but not to methanogenesis. Thus, in the deeper sections of the cores, methane is the primary carbon source for sulfate reduction.completedGeochemistry of rocks, soils, and sedimentsaliphatic hydrocarbonsalkanesAtlantic Oceancarbondepositional environmentEhEuropegeochemical cyclegeochemistryhydrocarbonsIberian abyssal plainIberian PeninsulaLeg 149lithofaciesmethaneNorth AtlanticNortheast AtlanticOcean Drilling Programorganic carbonorganic compoundsreductionsedimentsSouthern Europesulfatesturbiditeurn:org.iodp:exp:149urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignEnglishgeoscientificInformation-15.3000-10.200039.000041.0000Iberian abyssal plainapplication/pdfunknownSEDIS Publication Catalogueana.macario@awi.dehttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContacthttp://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/149_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/SR149_14.PDFdownload