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Daniel Conley

Daniel Conley

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Daniel Conley

Magnetic enhancement of Baltic Sea sapropels by greigite magnetofossils

Författare

  • Maja Reinholdsson
  • Ian Snowball
  • L. Zillen
  • Conny Lenz
  • Daniel Conley

Summary, in English

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are known to biosynthesise single-domain magnetite (Fe3O4) for geomagnetic navigation and their relict magnetosomes (called magnetofossils) can control the magnetic properties of lake and marine sediments. Magnetotactic bacteria also produce greigite (Fe3S4) magnetosomes but, compared to those made of magnetite, relatively little is known about the sedimentary environments where they are produced and the magnetic properties of the preserved particles. We studied the magnetic properties of sediment cores from two basins (the North Central Baltic Proper and eastern Gotland Basin) that currently experience hypoxia and we discovered the magnetic enhancement of older laminated sapropels, which are a signal of past occurrences of anoxia and hypoxia in the Baltic Sea. Magnetic concentrates extracted from the laminated sapropels were characterised by transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry and we identified only single-domain greigite (Fe3S4) particles with a mean size of 55 x 75 nm, which we interpret as magnetofossils due to diagnostic chains of individual particles separated by an intact dividing membrane. The degree of magnetic enhancement in the laminated sapropels has a positive relationship with loss-on-ignition data, which indicates a link between the production of greigite magnetosomes, organic matter supply and preservation and redox conditions. The coercive force of collections of non-interacting greigite magnetofossils is similar to 13 mT, which is considerably lower than the magnetite counterparts (similar to 30 mT) and strictly non-bacterial and larger greigite single-domain grains (similar to 60 mT). The values of the interparametric ratios of SIRM/chi, chi(ARm)/SIRM and chi(ARm)/chi that we obtain for our greigite magnetofossils overlap with those previously considered to be diagnostic of magnetosomal magnetite. The presence of bacterial greigite, which is easily detected by magnetic measurements, forms a proxy for hypoxia and anoxia, thus aiding the palaeoenvironmental interpretation of how oxygen conditions in the Baltic Sea have changed over time. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Avdelning/ar

  • Kvartärgeologi

Publiceringsår

2013

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

137-150

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volym

366

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Geology

Nyckelord

  • greigite
  • magnetosomes
  • biomineralisation
  • sediment
  • hypoxia
  • Baltic Sea

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1385-013X