Inorganic and biogenic As-sulfide precipitation at seafloor hydrothermal fields

Vesselin M. Dekov; Luca Bindi; Gaëtan Burgaud; Sven Petersen; Dan Asael; Vanessa Rédou; Yves Fouquet; Bernhard Pracejus

doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2013.06.006

Inorganic and biogenic As-sulfide precipitation at seafloor hydrothermal fields

Vesselin M. Dekov^*, Luca Bindi, Gaëtan Burgaud, Sven Petersen, Dan Asael, Vanessa Rédou, Yves Fouquet, Bernhard Pracejus

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Abstract

We investigated As-sulfides (orpiment, As₂S₃ and realgar, As₄S₄) from four seafloor hydrothermal fields: three from back-arc and one from mid-ocean ridge settings. Our studies suggest two different modes of As-sulfide precipitation at the seafloor hydrothermal sites: inorganic and biogenic. The Eh-pH modeling shows that the most stable As-sulfide at low-temperature (T2S₃. This process of fungal orpiment precipitation is a mechanism of bio-sequestration of hydrothermal As and another mode of soft-tissue fossilization not described so far.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-38
Number of pages	11
Journal	Marine Geology
Volume	342
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.06.006
Publication status	Published - Aug 1 2013

Keywords

Fungi
Modeling
Orpiment
Realgar
Submarine hydrothermal

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Oceanography
Geochemistry and Petrology
Geology

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