Ageing of organic matter in incubated freshwater sediments; in fer ences from C and H isotope ratios of methane

• Autorzy: Szynkiewicz A. , Modelska A. , Jedrysek M-O. , Kurasiewicz M. , Mastalerz M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The freshwater sediments were incubated under anaerobic conditions for 570 and 879 days to in vestigate the potential variations in methanogenic pathways due to increasing sediment age and recalcitrance of organic matter. The methanogenic pathways did not shift from acetate fermentation toward CO2 reduction, as indicated by the observed variations of the isotopic composition of methane in natural conditions. It appeared, however, that the observed decrease of methane concentration (from 86 to 39%) and continuous in crease in d13C(CH4) (from –69.7 to –59.0‰) and dD(CH4) values (from –381 to –320‰) resulted mainly from exhaustion of at least one methanogenic substratein the incubated sediments. To better understand processes controlling the variations of delta exp.13C(CH4) and deltaD(CH4) values relative to ageing of organic matter, the method of principal component analysis (PCA) was used. This method offers good comparison of the relation ships between variables when a larger number of parameters control a given process in the same time period. In this study, the PCA indicated three distinctive factors that controlled decomposition of organic matter during the incubation. Factor 1 explained 33% of observed variations among the variables and had positive (0.93–0.92) loadings for electric conductivity and DIC concentration and negative loading for delta exp.13C(CH4) val ues (–0.72). Factor 2 accounted for 28% and had high posi ive loading for deltaD(CH4) value (0.86) and high negative loading for methane concentration (–0.81). Factor 3 accounted for 19% and exhibited high positive loadings for temperature (0.90) and delta exp.13C(DIC) value (0.69). Factors 1 and 2 were directly linked to the methanogenesis and indicated that bigger accumulation of bio-products in sediments is likely important for variations of delta exp.3C and deltaD of methane. This study shows that method of principal component analysis might be a useful tool while studying biogeochemical carboncy cleduring early digenesis of freshwater sediments.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

methanogenic pathways; carbon and hydrogen isotopes; incubation; freshwater sediments

• Wydawca: Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
• Czasopismo: Geological Quarterly
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: Vol. 52, No 4
• Strony: 383--383
• Opis fizyczny: –396, bibliogr. 55 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Szynkiewicz A.

autor

Modelska A.

autor

Jedrysek M-O.

autor

Kurasiewicz M.

autor

Mastalerz M.

• Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Cybulskiego 30, PL-50-205 Wrocław, Poland,

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