Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation activity below the sulfate-methane transition zone in Alaskan-Beaufort continental margin sediments: Implications for deep sulfur cycling
dc.contributor.author | Treude, Tina | |
dc.contributor.author | Krause, Stefan | |
dc.contributor.author | Schweers, Johanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Dale, Andrew W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Coffin, Richard B. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-12T18:04:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-12T18:04:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-09-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Two ~6 m long sediment cores were collected along the ~300 m isobath on the Alaskan-Beaufort continental margin. Both cores showed distinct sulfate-methane transition zones (SMTZ) at 105 and 120 cm below seafloor (cmbsf). Sulfate was not completely depleted below the SMTZ but remained between 30 and 500 µM. Sulfate reduction and anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) determined by radiotracer incubations were active throughout the methanogenic zone. Although a mass balance could not explain the source of sulfate below the SMTZ, geochemical profiles and correlation network analyses of biotic and abiotic data suggest a cryptic sulfur cycle involving iron, manganese and barite. Inhibition experiments with molybdate and 2-bromoethanesulfonate (BES) indicated decoupling of sulfate reduction and AOM and competition between sulfate reducers and methanogens for substrates. While correlation network analyses predicted coupling of AOM to iron reduction, the addition of manganese or iron did not stimulate AOM. Since none of the classical archaeal anaerobic methanotrophs (ANME) were abundant, the involvement of unknown or unconventional phylotypes in AOM is conceivable. The resistance of AOM activity to inhibitors implies deviation from conventional enzymatic pathways. This work suggests the classical redox cascade of electron acceptor utilization based on Gibbs energy yields does not always hold in diffusion-dominated systems, and instead biotic processes may be more strongly coupled to mineralogy. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Treude, T., Krause, S., Maltby, J., Dale, A.W., Coffin, R. and Hamdan, L.J., 2014. Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation activity below the sulfate-methane transition zone in Alaskan Beaufort Sea continental margin sediments: Implications for deep sulfur cycling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 144, pp.217-237. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.08.018 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.08.018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/90021 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.subject | aom | en_US |
dc.subject | methanogenesis | en_US |
dc.subject | iron | en_US |
dc.subject | manganese | en_US |
dc.subject | barite | en_US |
dc.subject | inhibition | en_US |
dc.subject | temperature | en_US |
dc.title | Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation activity below the sulfate-methane transition zone in Alaskan-Beaufort continental margin sediments: Implications for deep sulfur cycling | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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