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dc.contributor.authorHindshaw, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorHeaton, Tim H.E.
dc.contributor.authorBoyd, Eric S.
dc.contributor.authorLindsay, Melody L.
dc.contributor.authorTipper, Edward Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-12T00:33:50Z
dc.date.available2016-11-12T00:33:50Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-20
dc.identifier.citationHindshaw , R , Heaton , T H E , Boyd , E S , Lindsay , M L & Tipper , E T 2016 , ' Influence of glaciation on mechanisms of mineral weathering in two high Arctic catchments ' , Chemical Geology , vol. 420 , pp. 37-50 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.11.004en
dc.identifier.issn0009-2541
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 230453032
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: db6cbd91-a0e1-4d10-a067-81fd6bbbef0e
dc.identifier.otherRIS: urn:5B45F8C8CF4D44D2013D4B57178112D6
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84946949956
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000366652200004
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/9811
dc.descriptionThis project was funded by a Swiss National Science Foundation fellowship for prospective researchers PBEZP2-137335 and a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (PIEF-GA-2012-331501) to RSH. Fieldwork was supported by an Arctic Field Grant 219165/E10 (The Research Council of Norway) to RSH. ESB acknowledges support for this work from NASA (NNA15BB02A and NNA13AA94A).en
dc.description.abstractAbstract In order to investigate the effect of glaciation on mineral weathering, the stream water chemistry and the bacterial community composition were analysed in two catchments containing nominally identical sedimentary formations but which differed in the extent of glaciation. The stream waters were analysed for major ions, δ34S, δ18OSO4 and δ18OH2O and associated stream sediments were analysed by 16S rRNA gene tagged sequencing. Sulphate comprised 72–86% and 35–45% of the summer anion budget (in meq) in the unglaciated and glaciated catchments respectively. This indicates that sulfuric acid generated from pyrite weathering is a significant weathering agent in both catchments. Based on the relative proportions of cations, sulphate and bicarbonate, the stream water chemistry of the unglaciated catchment was found to be consistent with a sulphide oxidation coupled to silicate dissolution weathering process whereas in the glaciated catchment both carbonates and silicates weathered via both sulfuric and carbonic acids. Stable isotope measurements of sulphate, together with inferences of metabolic processes catalysed by resident microbial communities, revealed that the pyrite oxidation reaction differed between the two catchments. No δ34S fractionation relative to pyrite was observed in the unglaciated catchment and this was interpreted to reflect pyrite oxidation under oxic conditions. In contrast, δ34S and δ18OSO4 values were positively correlated in the glaciated catchment and were positively offset from pyrite. This was interpreted to reflect pyrite oxidation under anoxic conditions with loss of S intermediates. This study suggests that glaciation may alter stream water chemistry and the mechanism of pyrite oxidation through an interplay of biological, physical and chemical factors.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofChemical Geologyen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.11.004en
dc.subjectChemical weatheringen
dc.subjectPyriteen
dc.subjectSulphur isotopesen
dc.subjectBacteriaen
dc.subjectBiogeochemical cyclesen
dc.subjectQE Geologyen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subject.lccQEen
dc.titleInfluence of glaciation on mechanisms of mineral weathering in two high Arctic catchmentsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Commissionen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Earth and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Isotope Geochemistryen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.11.004
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2016-11-11
dc.identifier.grantnumberPIEF-GA-2012-331501en


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