Publication Date:
2017-06-29
Description:
Diagenetic processes in surface sediments are important for the burial efficiency of primary produced organic carbon and further interpretation of paleo-environments based on geochemical proxies. Application of numerical models allows the quantitative description of these processes. The models provide a means for evaluating the complex biological and geochemical interactions at the seafloor and allow the computation of organic carbon degradation rates and fluxes.
Modeling seasonal variations of early diagenetic processes are promising for an improved understandingof the response of the seafloor to short term natural variations of anthropogenic impacts to this marine environment. Recycling of nutrients or alterations of the redox zonation in the sediment can be predicted by application of numerical models.
Type:
Article
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NonPeerReviewed
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text
