Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
© The Author(s), 2014. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters 396 (2014): 14-21, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.057.
Description:
We present 28 multiple sulfur isotope measurements of seawater sulfate (δ34SSO4δ34SSO4 and Δ33SSO4Δ33SSO4) from the modern ocean over a range of water depths and sites along the eastern margin of the Pacific Ocean. The average measured δ34SSO4δ34SSO4 is 21.24‰ (±0.88‰,2σ±0.88‰,2σ) with a calculated Δ33SSO4Δ33SSO4 of +0.050‰+0.050‰ (±0.014‰,2σ±0.014‰,2σ). With these values, we use a box-model to place constraints on the gross fraction of pyrite burial in modern sediments. This model presents an improvement on previous estimates of the global pyrite burial flux because it does not rely on the assumed value of δ34Spyriteδ34Spyrite, which is poorly constrained, but instead uses new information about the relationship between δ34Sδ34S and δ33Sδ33S in global marine sulfate. Our calculations indicate that the pyrite burial flux from the modern ocean is between 10% and 45% of the total sulfur lost from the oceans, with a more probable range between 20% and 35%.
Description:
RT acknowledges financial support from NERC Grant NE/I00596X/1. Support was provided through NERC grant NE/H011595/1 to AVT. AVT acknowledges financial support from the ERC Starting Investigator Grant 307582. JF acknowledges support from the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
Keywords:
Sulfur isotopes
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Multiple sulfur isotopes
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Pyrite flux
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Sulfur cycle
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Sulfate reduction
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Biogeochemical cycles
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
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Article
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application/pdf
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