The association of cobalt with iron and manganese (oxyhydr)oxides in marine sediment.

Stockdale, Anthony and Davison, William and Zhang, Hao and Hamilton-Taylor, John (2010) The association of cobalt with iron and manganese (oxyhydr)oxides in marine sediment. Aquatic Geochemistry, 16 (4). pp. 575-585. ISSN 1380-6165

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Abstract

Formation and dissolution of authigenic Fe and Mn (oxyhydr)oxides influence cycling of trace metals in oxic/suboxic surface sediments.We used the diffusive gradients in thin films technique (DGT) to estimate the association of cobalt with iron and manganese oxides. We compared Co, Fe and Mn maxima measured by DGT in the pore waters of fresh and aged marine sediment cores and estimated the Co/Fe and Co/Mn ratios in the metal oxides. A Mn maximum was not visible in DGT concentration profiles of freshly collected sediment cores, but after ageing the sediment we observed a distinct Mn peak, presumably due to broadening of the depth range over which the various electron acceptors occur. Estimated Co/Mn ratios from both experiments are within the range of literature values for marine sediments, but the value from the aged experiment is at the lower end of the range. This is attributed to stimulation of sulphate reduction and precipitation of cobalt sulfides. The good correlation between Co and Fe maxima in the fresh sediments is attributed to the similarity of their reactions with sulphide rather than Co being released during authigenic Fe oxide reduction.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Aquatic Geochemistry
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Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? dgtporewatertrace metalbiogeochemical cyclesgeochemistry and petrologygeophysicsge environmental sciences ??
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31771
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Deposited On:
10 Feb 2010 13:31
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