Sulfate reduction and sulfur fixation in sediment of a historically meromictic lake, Lake Suigetsu, Japan
Sulfate reduction and sulfur fixation in sediment of a historically meromictic lake, Lake Suigetsu, Japan
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日本水月湖历史上分流湖沉积物中的硫酸盐还原和硫固定
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1982
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Y. Kitano
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T. Masuzawa;Y. Kitano
Vertical distributions of sulfate, hydrogen sulfide, and iron (II) concentrations in interstitial waters and of sulfur content in sediment have been studied in a sediment core (73 cm long) from a meromictic lake, Lake Suigetsu, which changed from fresh-water to brackish conditions in 1664 A.D. The diatom assemblage of the sediment has also been analyzed. A boundary between high (>1.5%) and low (<0.2%) sulfur contents is found at a depth of 52 cm in the core. In the high sulfur layer (above 52 cm), the maximum sulfur content is 6.8% at 35 to 37 cm. The diatom assemblage, however, indicates that the boundary between fresh-water and brackish sediments lies at 40 cm. The hydrogen sulfide and iron (II) profiles in the interstitial waters indicate a sink for these chemical species near a depth of 40 cm. The discrepancy between the chemically-defined boundary at 52 cm and the paleontologically-defined boundary at 40 cm seems to be due to the downward migration of hydrogen sulfide and deposition of iron sulfide after the lake became brackish.