Dolomite formation within the methanogenic zone induced by tectonically driven 
fluids in the Peru accretionary prism

Meister, P.; Gutjahr, M.; Frank, M.; Bernasconi, S. M.; Vasconcelos, C.; McKenzie, J. A.

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Dolomite formation within the methanogenic zone induced by tectonically driven fluids in the Peru accretionary prism

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Meister, P.
Permanent Research Group Microsensor, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Meister, P., Gutjahr, M., Frank, M., Bernasconi, S. M., Vasconcelos, C., & McKenzie, J. A. (2011). Dolomite formation within the methanogenic zone induced by tectonically driven fluids in the Peru accretionary prism. Geology, 39(6), 563-566.

引用: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-C97D-1

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Early diagenetic dolomite formation in methanogenic marine sediments is enigmatic because acidification by CO2, a by-product of methanogenesis, should lead to carbonate dissolution and not precipitation. However, petrographic relationships indicate that dolomite breccia layers with {delta}13C values of ~+15{per thousand}, recovered from the lower slope of the Peru continental margin (Ocean Drilling Program Site 1230), formed deep in the methanogenic zone during tectonic activity of a décollement. Based on radiogenic Sr isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr > 0.711) and positive {delta}18O values (+6{per thousand}), we present evidence that the dolomite breccias mainly formed from fluids originating from deep sedimentary units within the accretionary prism, where they interacted with continental crust and/or siliciclastic rocks of continental affinity. Due to silicate alteration and dehydration, such fluids are likely alkaline and thus have the potential to neutralize the acidification imposed by the high dissolved CO2 concentrations. This scenario provides a potential mechanism by which dolomite formation can be induced deep in a highly active methanogenic zone.