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Burial of organic carbon and pyrite sulfur in the modern ocean; its geochemical and environmental significance.

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Assessing the Potential of Mineral Carbonation with Industrial Alkalinity Sources in the U.S
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Environmental changes at the inner sector of Ría de Muros (NW Spain) during Middle to Late Holocene
Andrade, A., Rubio, B., Rey, D., Álvarez-Iglesias, P., Bernabeu, A. M., & Fedi, M. (2013) · Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science · doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2013.11.005 · Cited by 9
Seasonal export of 234Th and POC in Daya Bay, northern South China Sea
Feng, N., Yang, W., Zhao, X., et al. (2021) · Continental Shelf Research · doi:10.1016/j.csr.2021.104359 · Cited by 9
Sedimentary Geochemistry of the Carbonate and Sulphide Systems and their Potential Influence on Toxic Metal Bioavailability
Morse, J. W. (2002) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-662-04935-8_7 · Cited by 9
Axinopsida serricata shell encrustation: A potential indicator of organic enrichment conditions in sediments in the southern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
Burd, B. J., Macdonald, R. W., van Roodselaar, A., et al. (2008) · Marine Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.08.008 · Cited by 9
“Therefore, shell encrustation could occur because Fe may precipitate when it comes in contact with dissolved O2 and also when it comes in contact with S(2) pyritization (Berner, 1982).”
Background
The Importance of Mineralization Processes in Surface Sediments at Continental Margins
Zabel, M., & Hensen, C. (2002) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-662-05127-6_16 · Cited by 9
Effects of Landslides on Terrestrial Carbon Stocks With a Coupled Geomorphic‐Biologic Model: Southeast Alaska, United States
Booth, A. M., Buma, B. J., & Nagorski, S. A. (2023) · Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences · doi:10.1029/2022jg007297 · Cited by 8
“millennial turnover times of soil C (Berner, 1982; Blair & Aller, 2012; Hedges & Keil, 1995; Hedges et al., 1997).”
Background
Discerning the sulfur geochemical features of turbidites and methane-rich sediments from the South China sea
Feng, J., Li, N., Liang, J., Yang, S., Liang, Q., & Chen, D. (2023) · Marine and Petroleum Geology · doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106602 · Cited by 10
Geochemical and mineralogical features as indicators of sulfate-methane transition zones in shallow gas-bearing offshore sediments from Zhoushan
Sun, T., Yin, P., Cao, K., Duan, X., & Zhang, X. (2024) · Marine and Petroleum Geology · doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106863 · Cited by 8
Sedimentary diagenesis, depositional environments, and benthic fluxes
Aller, R. C., & Wehrmann, L. M. (2024) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-99762-1.00095-4 · Cited by 11
Regulation of Particulate Organic Carbon by Cascade Mega‐Reservoirs in the Changjiang Basin: Enhanced Sequestration and Altered Downstream Composition
Ke, Y., Calmels, D., Bouchez, J. L., et al. (2025) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2024gb008479 · Cited by 8
“On the contrary, POC burial can be viewed either as a net sink of CO 2 at both short and long timescales (POC bio burial) or as having no impact on the carbon cycle (POC petro burial) (Berner, 1982; Clark et al., 2022; Galy, Beyssac, et al., 2008; Galy et al., 2015; Hilton and West, 2020).”
Geochemical insights into authigenic pyrite formation in central Yellow Sea sediments: influence of sedimentary environment and microbial sulfate reduction
Gu, Y., Chang, X., Liu, X., Zhang, M., An, Y., Zhuang, G., & Wang, H. (2025) · Marine and Petroleum Geology · doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2025.107587 · Cited by 9
Reconciling the impact of mobile bottom-contact fishing on marine organic carbon sequestration
Khedri, P., Gourgue, O., Depestele, J., Arndt, S., & van de Velde, S. (2025) · ICES Journal of Marine Science · doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsaf154 · Cited by 9
Bacteriohopanepolyols signature in sediments of the East China Sea and its indications for hypoxia and organic matter sources
Yin, M., Duan, L., Song, J., Zhang, N., Li, X., Yuan, H., & Peng, Q. (2021) · Organic Geochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2021.104268 · Cited by 8
Bioturbation and the δ56Fe signature of dissolved iron fluxes from marine sediments
van de Velde, S., Dale, A. W., & Arndt, S. (2023) · Royal Society Open Science · doi:10.1098/rsos.220010 · Cited by 8
“Sulfate concentrations could exert an important control on JDFe because the major benthic sink for iron in sediments is the precipitation and burial of pyrite [88].”
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Oceanic redox conditions during the terminal Cambrian extinction event
Chen, X., Shields, G., Andersen, M. B., Qiu, C., Min, S.-Y., Shao, Q., & Ling, H. (2023) · Chemical Geology · doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121456 · Cited by 8
“If we omit this sink, the euxinic organic C sink comprises only 5% of the total, whereas about half of organic C burial occurs in intermediate reducing settings (Berner, 1982).”
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Organic carbon in the Razdol’naya River Estuary (Amur Bay, Sea of Japan) during the period of ice cover
Mar’yash, A. A., Ходоренко, Н. Д., Звалинский, В. И., et al. (2015) · Geochemistry International · doi:10.1134/s0016702915080042 · Cited by 8
Quantitative geochemical modeling along a transect off Peru: Carbon cycling in time and space, and the triggering factors for carbon loss and storage
Arning, E. T., van Berk, W., & Schulz, H.-M. (2012) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2011gb004156 · Cited by 9
“[5] The early diagenetic carbon cycle in anoxic environments is complex and comprises of the interplay between solid, aqueous and gaseous carbon species, and many other elemental species (e.g., sulphur, calcium, and iron) [Berner, 1982].”
Background
Iron biogeochemistry in Holocene palaeo and actual salt marshes in coastal areas of the Pampean Plain, Argentina
Osterrieth, M., Borrelli, N. L., Álvarez, M. F., et al. (2016) · Environmental Earth Sciences · doi:10.1007/s12665-016-5506-8 · Cited by 8
“…in depositional environments is due to its stability (Raiswell and Berner 1985), allowing interpretations on the factors that control its formation and accumulation during early diagenesis, including availability of iron, sulfate, organic carbon and hydrodynamics (Berner 1970, 1982, 1984).”
Background
Distribution, sources and burial flux of sedimentary organic matter in the East China Sea
Wu, X., Wu, B., Jiang, M., et al. (2020) · Journal of Oceanology and Limnology · doi:10.1007/s00343-020-0037-2 · Cited by 8
“With the large riverine input, the intensifi ed human activity and the complex hydrodynamic process, the coastal area, as the vital sink and active interface, receives ~80% of organic carbon (OC) from the land-derived materials (Berner, 1982; Bianchi and Allison, 2009; Hu et al., 2012).”
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Evaluating decision-support tools for monetary valuation of ecosystem services for Marine Protected Areas
Qu, Z., Thrush, S. F., & Lewis, N. (2021) · Ocean & Coastal Management · doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105951 · Cited by 8
Site U1551
Teske, A., Lizarralde, D., Höfig, T. W., et al. (2021) · Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports · doi:10.14379/iodp.proc.385.108.2021 · Cited by 8
The Origin of Earth's Mantle Nitrogen: Primordial or Early Biogeochemical Cycling?
Kurokawa, H., Laneuville, M., Li, Y., Zhang, N., Fujii, Y., Sakuraba, H., Houser, C., & Cleaves, H. J. (2022) · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · doi:10.1029/2021gc010295 · Cited by 9
“We assumed the fraction of pelagic sediments, fpel, to be 0.038 (Berner, 1982; Stüeken, Kipp, Koehler, Schwieterman, et al., 2016).”
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The Volcanic Impacts on the Formation of Organic-Rich Shales From the Freshwater to Saline Lakes: Cases Study in the Ordos and the Junggar Basins
Wang, X., Gao, J., Zhong, L., He, W., Jin, Z., Zhu, R., Liang, X., Liu, K., & Zhang, W. (2022) · Frontiers in Earth Science · doi:10.3389/feart.2022.918391 · Cited by 8
“Most studies show that geological events such as volcanism can accelerate the formation of organic-rich matter by changing the reducing properties of water column (Berner, 1982; Hedges, 1987; Hedges, 1992; Hedges and Keil, 1995; Cui et al., 2016).”
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Volcanism intensity and associated climate-ocean-land dynamics during the Cryogenian interglaciation: Insights from mercury isotopes
Wang, L., Liu, Y., Yang, C., Huang, H., Hou, M., Yang, C., & Yin, R. (2023) · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111634 · Cited by 8
Mercury Burial in Modern Sedimentary Systems of the East China Marginal Seas: The Role of Coastal Oceans in Global Mercury Cycling
Sun, X., Sun, X., Hu, L., et al. (2023) · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · doi:10.1029/2023gb007760 · Cited by 8
“To quantify the role of coastal zones in Hg sequestration in the ocean, we employed a compiled database of surface sediments and cores using two distinct methods from the literature (Berner, 1982; R. W. Smith et al., 2015; Zaferani et al., 2018) to provide a revised model of Hg burial in global coastal oceans.”
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An introduction to the biogeochemistry of river-coastal systems
Bianchi, T. S., Bianchi, T. S., Allison, M. A., Bianchi, T. S., & Cai, W. (2013) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9781139136853.003 · Cited by 11
Total sulfur content of Late Quaternary sediments in Shibakawa lowland, Saitama Prefecture, central Japan, and its relation to the sedimentary environment
Koma, T., & Suzuki, Y. (1988) · Chemical Geology · doi:10.1016/0009-2541(88)90022-8 · Cited by 8
Development of acid sulfate soil in sub-aerially disposed dredge spoil at Fisherman Islands, Brisbane, Australia
Clark, M. W., & McConchie, D. M. (2004) · Soil Research · doi:10.1071/sr03072 · Cited by 8
Distribution and composition of authigenic minerals in surface sediments of the western Gulf of Thailand
Wang, K., Shi, X., Qiao, S., et al. (2015) · Acta Oceanologica Sinica · doi:10.1007/s13131-015-0772-y · Cited by 8
Simulating biosignatures from pre-oxygen photosynthesizing life on TRAPPIST-1e
Eager-Nash, J. K., Daines, S. J., McDermott, J. W., Andrews, P., Grain, L. A., Bishop, J., Rogers, A. A., Smith, J. W. G., Khalek, C., Boxer, T. J., et al. (2024) · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · doi:10.1093/mnras/stae1142 · Cited by 11
Changes in accumulation of land-based organic matter under recent climate change and anthropogenic impact: A tropical coastal perspective
Liu, M., Bai, Y., Jiang, L., et al. (2024) · CATENA · doi:10.1016/j.catena.2024.108611 · Cited by 7
Expedition 402 methods
Malinverno, A., Zitellini, N., Estes, E. R., et al. (2025) · Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports · doi:10.14379/iodp.proc.402.102.2025 · Cited by 7
Climate stabilization by alkalinity production from pyrite burial during oceanic anoxia
Fakhraee, M., Bauer, K. W., Planavsky, N. J., Reinhard, C. T., & Crowe, S. A. (2025) · Nature Geoscience · doi:10.1038/s41561-025-01698-0 · Cited by 7

Authors: Berner, R. A.
Corresponding author: Berner, R. A.
Venue: American Journal of Science
Publisher: American Journal of Science (AJS)
Published: 1982-04-01
Volume: 282
Issue: 4
Pages: 451-473
ISSN: 0002-9599 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.282.4.451
OpenAlex: W2049621326
Cited by: 1,200
References: 0
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FWCI: 14.34
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Locations: American Journal of Science (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine Plankton and Biogeochemistry
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Keywords: organic carbon burial, pyrite sulfur, marine sediment, marine geochemistry, marine environment, sulfur cycling

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