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Authigenic rhodochrosite from a gas hydrate-bearing structure in Lake Baikal

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Early diagenetic carbonates are rare in Lake Baikal. Siderite (Fe carbonate) concretions in the sediments were discovered only recently. Here, we discuss the first finding of rhodochrosite concretions (Mn carbonate) discovered in the near-bottom sediments of the gas hydrate-bearing seepage structure St. Petersburg-2 in the deep water environment of the Central Baikal Basin. The crystal lattice of rhodochrosite contains iron and calcium substituting to manganese. Based on pore water geochemistry and of δ13C values of rhodochrosite (− 23.3 and − 29.4‰), carbon dioxide (+ 3.8 to − 16.1‰) and methane (− 63.2 to − 67.8‰), we show that carbonate crystallization most likely occurred during microbial anaerobic oxidation of organic matter, and that part of the oxygen making up the rhodochrosite seems to be derived from the 18O-rich water released from dissociating gas hydrates.

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XRD and microprobe analyzes carried out in resource centers at St. Petersburg State University: “Centre for X-ray Diffraction Studies” and “Center for Microscopy and Microanalysis”. Research supported by the RFBR grant 16-05-00979 (to A.K., O.K.), Event-6 of St. Petersburg State University (3.42.1039.2016) (to AK), JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP26303021 (to A.H.) and JP16H05760 (to H.M.), as well as the Kitami Institute of Technology (Presidential Grant). The field work and analysis of pore water chemistry performed under the Project of 0345-2014-0009 and 0345-2016-0007. The paper is also associated to the French–Russian bilateral project “Shy@Baikal” (CNRS-PRC Nr. 1072 and RFFI Nr.16-55-0005). Authors are grateful to Rustam Atanyazov, Leisan Muzafarova and Dr. Svetlana Janson for research assistance. Constructive reviews of G. Aloisi and an anonymous reviewer helped to significantly improve the content of the article.

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  1. FGBU “Academician I.S. Gramberg All-Russia Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the World Ocean” (VNIIOkeangeologia), St. Petersburg, Russia

    Alexey A. Krylov

  2. Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Alexey A. Krylov & Mariya G. Krzhizhanovskaya

  3. Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia

    Alexey A. Krylov, Tatyana V. Pogodaeva, Tamara I. Zemskaya & Oleg M. Khlystov

  4. Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Japan

    Akihiro Hachikubo & Hirotsugu Minami

  5. Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (ISTeP), Sorbonne Université, UMR 7193 CNRS-UPMC, Paris, France

    Jeffrey Poort

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Krylov, A.A., Hachikubo, A., Minami, H. et al. Authigenic rhodochrosite from a gas hydrate-bearing structure in Lake Baikal. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 107, 2011–2022 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-018-1584-z

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