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Microbial Fe(III) reduction as a potential iron source from Holocene sediments beneath Larsen Ice Shelf.

ABSTRACT: Recent recession of the Larsen Ice Shelf C has revealed microbial alterations of illite in marine sediments, a process typically thought to occur during low-grade metamorphism. In situ breakdown of illite provides a previously-unobserved pathway for the release of dissolved Fe²⁺ to porewaters, thus enhancing clay-rich Antarctic sub-ice shelf sediments as an important source of Fe to Fe-limited surface Southern Ocean waters during ice shelf retreat after the Last Glacial Maximum. When sediments are underneath the ice shelf, Fe²⁺ from microbial reductive dissolution of illite/Fe-oxides may be exported to the water column. However, the initiation of an oxygenated, bioturbated sediment under receding ice shelves may oxidize Fe within surface porewaters, decreasing dissolved Fe²⁺ export to the ocean. Thus, we identify another ice-sheet feedback intimately tied to iron biogeochemistry during climate transitions. Further constraints on the geographical extent of this process will impact our understanding of iron-carbon feedbacks during major deglaciations.

SUBMITTER: Jung J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6923428 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Microbial Fe(III) reduction as a potential iron source from Holocene sediments beneath Larsen Ice Shelf.

Jung Jaewoo J Yoo Kyu-Cheul KC Rosenheim Brad E BE Conway Tim M TM Lee Jae Il JI Yoon Ho Il HI Hwang Chung Yeon CY Yang Kiho K Subt Christina C Kim Jinwook J

Nature communications 20191219 1

Recent recession of the Larsen Ice Shelf C has revealed microbial alterations of illite in marine sediments, a process typically thought to occur during low-grade metamorphism. In situ breakdown of illite provides a previously-unobserved pathway for the release of dissolved Fe<sup>2+</sup> to porewaters, thus enhancing clay-rich Antarctic sub-ice shelf sediments as an important source of Fe to Fe-limited surface Southern Ocean waters during ice shelf retreat after the Last Glacial Maximum. When ...[more]

PMID: 31857591

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Microbial Fe(III) reduction as a potential iron source from Holocene sediments beneath Larsen Ice Shelf.

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Microbial Fe(III) reduction as a potential iron source from Holocene sediments beneath Larsen Ice Shelf.

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