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Comparison of Sulfate Reduction Rates Associated with Geochemical Characteristics at the Continental Slope and Basin Sediments in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea

동해 울릉분지에서 대륙사면과 분지 퇴적물의 지화학적 특성에 따른 황산염 환원 비교

  • You, Ok-Rye (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, College of Science and Technology Hanyang University) ;
  • Mok, Jin-Sook (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, College of Science and Technology Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Han (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, College of Science and Technology Hanyang University) ;
  • Choi, Dong-Lim (South Sea Research Institute, KORDI) ;
  • Hyun, Jung-Ho (Department of Environmental Marine Sciences, College of Science and Technology Hanyang University)
  • 유옥례 (한양대학교 과학기술학부 해양환경과학과) ;
  • 목진숙 (한양대학교 과학기술학부 해양환경과학과) ;
  • 김성한 (한양대학교 과학기술학부 해양환경과학과) ;
  • 최동림 (한국해양연구원 남해연구소) ;
  • 현정호 (한양대학교 과학기술학부 해양환경과학과)
  • Received : 2010.08.11
  • Accepted : 2010.09.14
  • Published : 2010.09.30
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Abstract

In conjunction with geochemical characteristics, rate of sulfate reduction was investigated at two sediment sites in the continental slope and rise (basin) of the Ulleung Basin in the East Sea. Geochemical sediment analysis revealed that the surface sediments of the basin site (D2) were enriched with manganese oxides (348 ${\mu}mol$ $cm^{-3}$) and iron oxides (133 ${\mu}mol$ $cm^{-3}$), whereas total reduced sulfur (TRS) in the solid phase was nearly depleted. Sulfate reduction rates (SRRs) ranged from 20.96 to 92.87 nmol $cm^{-3}$ $d^{-1}$ at the slope site (M1) and from 0.65 to 22.32 nmol $cm^{-3}$ $d^{-1}$ at the basin site (D2). Depth integrated SRR within the top 10 cm depth of the slope site (M1; 5.25 mmol $m^{-2}$ $d^{-1}$) was approximately 6 times higher than that at the basin site (D2; 0.94 mmol $m^{-2}$ $d^{-1}$) despite high organic content (>2.0% dry wt.) in the sediment of both sites. The results indicate that the spatial variations of sulfate reduction are affected by the distribution of manganese oxide and iron oxide-enriched surface sediment of the Ulleung Basin.

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