FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Methane-derived stromatolitic carbonate crust from an active fluid seepage in the western basin of the Sea of Marmara: mineralogical, isotopic and molecular geochemical characterization BT AF AKHOUDAS, C. CHEVALIER, N. BLANC-VALLERON, M. -M. KLEIN, V. MENDEZ-MILLAN, M. DEMANGE, J. DALLIAH, S. ROMMEVAUX, V. BOUDOUMA, O. PIERRE, C. RUFFINE, Livio AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:1;5:3;6:1;7:2;8:2;9:2;10:1;11:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:PDG-REM-GM-LCG; C1 Sorbonne Univ, UPMC, CNRS, IRD,MNHN,IPSL,LOCEAN, Paris, France. Sorbonne Univ, MNHN, UPMC, CNRS,CR2P, Paris, France. Sorbonne Univ, IRD, UPMC, CNRS,MNHN,IPSL,LOCEAN, Bondy, France. IFREMER, Dept REM, Unite Geosci Marines, Plouzane, France. C2 UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE MNHN, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-GM-LCG IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-univ-france IF 2.43 TC 8 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00417/52857/53764.pdf LA English DT Article CR MARNAUT MARSITECRUISE BO L'Atalante Pourquoi pas ? DE ;Marmara Sea;Tekirdag Basin;Methane;Authigenic seep-carbonate;Sulfate reduction;Anaerobic oxidation of methane;Stromatolitic structure;Stable isotopes;Lipid biomarkers AB Cold seeps along the North Anatolian fault in the Sea of Marmara (Turkey) were explored during submersible dives of the Marsite cruise in November 2014 when sediments, pore waters and carbonate crusts were sampled at active fluid seeping sites. In this study, we investigate the mineralogy, carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions and the lipid biomarkers of a carbonate crust from the western Tekirdağ basin of the Sea of Marmara. This crust exhibits a laminated domal structure that resembles stromatolite. The mineralogy of authigenic seep-carbonate is mostly represented by aragonite associated with minor amounts of high-magnesian calcite. The abundance of pyrite associated with the authigenic seep-carbonate points to very intense bacterial sulfate reduction. The carbon (−42.6‰ to −34.4‰) and oxygen (−1.5‰ to +1.1‰) isotopic compositions of the authigenic seep-carbonate crust indicate that carbonate precipitation was related to anaerobic oxidation of methane and occurred in mixtures of bottom seawater with brackish water expelled from the underlying sediments. Abundant microbial lipid biomarkers with negative δ13C values (−121‰ to −96‰), confirm that anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) coupled with sulfate reduction, was mediated by methanotrophic archaea (ANME) and sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB). Diagnostic lipid fingerprints indicate that ANME-2 archaea and associated SRB were the prevalent AOM-mediating consortia, which characterize moderate to high methane flow at this site. Moreover, changes in microbial lipid distribution within the carbonate crust suggest a variation in the intensity of methane emission. PY 2018 PD JUN SO Deep-sea Research Part Ii-topical Studies In Oceanography SN 0967-0645 PU Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd VL 153 UT 000449444700009 BP 110 EP 120 DI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.12.022 ID 52857 ER EF