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Alt, Jeffrey C; Burdett, James W (1992): (Table 1) Sulphur content and stable isotope ratios of ODP Leg 129 holes [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.779034, Supplement to: Alt, JC; Burdett, JW (1992): Sulfur in pacific deep-sea sediments (Leg 129) and implications for cycling of sediment in subduction zones. In: Larson, RL; Lancelot, Y; et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 129, 283-294, https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.129.125.1992

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Published: 1992 (exact date unknown)DOI registered: 2012-05-08

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Abstract:
The mineralogy of S-bearing phases, S-contents, and S-isotopic compositions of sediments and interstitial waters were determined for three cores drilled during Leg 129 in the western Pacific. Pelagic clays, chalks, and radiolarites generally contain 350-1200 ppm S, with essentially all S present as sulfate. Volcanogenic turbidite units contain about 400 ppm S, with about 10%-20% of total sulfur as pyrite-S and the remainder as sulfate. A single claystone from the base of Hole 802A has high pyrite-S content (1200 ppm) and contains a component of metalliferous sediment. The single analyzed chert has the highest sulfur content (4020 ppm) with essentially all sulfur present as pyrite-S. Sulfate in pore waters ranges from seawater concentrations to nearly zero, and has d34S values ranging from seawater values (+20 per mil) to slightly enriched in 34S (+28 per mil). Pyrite sulfur has 34S values of -4.8 per mil to -37.1 per mil. These general trends are attributed to bacterial reduction of seawater sulfate, but the data do not fit simple models for downward diffusion of sulfate or closed-system reduction of buried sulfate. These complications are due to variations in the d34S of seawater sulfate in the past, uptake of sulfate by thaumasite (Ca3Si(OH)6CO3SO4-12H2O) without isotopic fractionation in the Unit II tuff in Hole 802A, the presence of cherts that act as barriers to diffusion, and possible variations in the magnitude of isotopic fractionation during bacterial sulfate reduction.
The average sediment from Leg 129 contains around 850 ppm S (85% as sulfate, 15% as sulfide), with a bulk d34S of +12 per mil. The bulk sulfur isotopic composition of deep-sea sediment is highly dependent on the proportion of pyrite-sulfur present, which varies depending on the sedimentary environment and history. The sedimentary sulfur component during subduction thus likely varies from near seawater values (+20 per mil) to possibly strongly negative values (-20 per mil).
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 17.989280 * Median Longitude: 154.922440 * South-bound Latitude: 12.096300 * West-bound Longitude: 152.322900 * North-bound Latitude: 21.923000 * East-bound Longitude: 156.359800
Date/Time Start: 1989-11-26T02:45:00 * Date/Time End: 1990-01-16T07:15:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 20.85 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 501.87 m
Event(s):
129-800A  * Latitude: 21.923000 * Longitude: 152.322900 * Date/Time Start: 1989-11-26T02:45:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-12-05T20:27:00 * Elevation: -5697.0 m * Penetration: 544.4 m * Recovery: 150.73 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg129 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 61 core; 544.4 m cored; 0 m drilled; 27.7 % recovery
129-801A  * Latitude: 18.642800 * Longitude: 156.359500 * Date/Time Start: 1989-12-06T17:15:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-12-09T17:00:00 * Elevation: -5685.0 m * Penetration: 194 m * Recovery: 31.49 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg129 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 20 cores; 186 m cored; 0 m drilled; 16.9 % recovery
129-801B  * Latitude: 18.642000 * Longitude: 156.359700 * Date/Time Start: 1989-12-09T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1989-12-17T01:15:00 * Elevation: -5685.0 m * Penetration: 511.2 m * Recovery: 59.17 m * Location: North Pacific Ocean * Campaign: Leg129 * Basis: Joides Resolution * Method/Device: Drilling/drill rig (DRILL) * Comment: 44 cores; 317.2 m cored; 0 m drilled; 18.7 % recovery
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Event labelEvent
Sample code/labelSample labelAlt, Jeffrey CDSDP/ODP/IODP sample designation
Sample typeSamp typeAlt, Jeffrey C
DEPTH, sediment/rockDepth sedmGeocode – mbsf
Sulfate[SO4]2-mg/kgAlt, Jeffrey Cwater soluble
Sulfate[SO4]2-mg/kgAlt, Jeffrey Cacid soluble
SulfideS2-mg/kgAlt, Jeffrey Cacid solible
Sulfur of pyriteS Pymg/kgAlt, Jeffrey C
Sulfur, totalTSmg/kgAlt, Jeffrey C
10 Sulfate[SO4]2-mg/kgAlt, Jeffrey Cinterstitial water
11 δ34S, sulfateδ34S [SO4]2-‰ CDTAlt, Jeffrey Cwater soluble
12 δ34S, sulfateδ34S [SO4]2-‰ CDTAlt, Jeffrey Cacid soluble
13 δ34S, pyriteδ34S Py‰ CDTAlt, Jeffrey C
14 δ34Sδ34S‰ CDTAlt, Jeffrey Cinterstitial water
15 δ34Sδ34S‰ CDTAlt, Jeffrey Cmineral
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Event

Sample label

Samp type

Depth sed [m]
(mbsf)

[SO4]2- [mg/kg]
(water soluble)

[SO4]2- [mg/kg]
(acid soluble)

S2- [mg/kg]
(acid solible)

S Py [mg/kg]

TS [mg/kg]
10 
[SO4]2- [mg/kg]
(interstitial water)
11 
δ34S [SO4]2- [‰ CDT]
(water soluble)
12 
δ34S [SO4]2- [‰ CDT]
(acid soluble)
13 
δ34S Py [‰ CDT]
14 
δ34S [‰ CDT]
(interstitial water)
15 
δ34S [‰ CDT]
(mineral)
129-800A 129-800A-4R-2,25-30Interstitial water22.0025.820.4
129-800A129-800A-4R-2,44-49Pelagic clay22.141450870<1232020.419.7
129-800A129-800A-10R-1,8-10Radiolarian chert78.2822018040204420-15.9-27.9-37.1
129-800A129-800A-26R-2,74-76Volcanic sandstone230.8480150<14027015.2-14.4
129-800A129-800A-26R-2,140-180Interstitial water232.0017.625.9
129-800A129-800A-27R-1,140-150Interstitial water239.0014.526.4
129-800A129-800A-33R-6,60-70Interstitial water296.0014.025.2
129-800A129-800A-37R-2,0-10Interstitial water327.0016.424.6
129-800A129-800A-37R-2,111-116Volcanic sandstone327.711301101025021.5
129-800A129-800A-41R-2,0-10Interstitial water364.0011.126.3
129-800A129-800A-49R-2,135-138Volcanic sandstone433.751202401037025.720.0
129-800A129-800A-49R-2,140-150Interstitial water434.0012.325.3
129-800A129-800A-54R-2,0-12Interstitial water473.0013.223.5
129-800A129-800A-55R-2,95-99Radiolarian claystone481.5519030<122023.5
129-801A 129-801A-3R-1,45-49Pelagic clay20.85156087010244020.419.8
129-801A129-801A-3R-2,145-150Interstitial water29.3029.320.5
129-801A129-801A-5R-3,145-150Interstitial water36.0037.221.0
129-801A129-801A-5R-5,97-102Pelagic clay46.57810350116020.619.9
129-801A129-801A-18R-1,102-107Volcanic sandstone166.0213023020056020.78.7-14.9
129-801A129-801A-19R-1,65-73Interstitial water167.0019.325.1
129-801B 129-801B-5R-2,0-10Interstitial water225.0016.125.7
129-801B129-801B-5R-2,35-39Volcanic sandstone233.551501304032023.923.6-20.7
129-801B129-801B-8R-2,117-120Volcanic claystone263.37300<11022.713.6-13.9
129-801B129-801B-8R-3,115-125Interstitial water257.0016.826.2
129-801B129-801B-27R-1,56-61Clayey radiolarite415.262002901050021.016.8
129-801B129-801B-33R-1,143-150Interstitial water436.0017.522.6
129-801B129-801B-35R-2,0-10Interstitial water446.0021.022.8
129-801C 129-801C-9R-1Pyrite-41.7
129-801C129-801C-9R-2Pyrite-18.1
129-802A 129-802A-4R-1,140-150Interstitial water26.0026.820.6
129-802A129-802A-4R-2,98-101Volcanic siltstone26.7853050<158020.3
129-802A129-802A-5R-1,64-66Volcanic tuff34.34340300<15069012.716.3-4.8
129-802A129-802A-6R-2,0-10Interstitial water44.0036.520.8
129-802A129-802A-10R-2,140-150Interstitial water83.000.4
129-802A129-802A-11R-1,143-147Volcanic tuff91.035070<12014014.1-10.2
129-802A129-802A-13R-1,53-58Interstitial water109.003.720.5
129-802A129-802A-13R-2,71-73Pelagic clay109.593020106013.3
129-802A129-802A-16R-1,30-33Thaumasite131.4020.4
129-802A129-802A-19R-2,107-117Interstitial water162.009.921.4
129-802A129-802A-20R-1,0-2Thaumasite19.5
129-802A129-802A-21R-1,103-110Interstitial water179.0011.921.1
129-802A129-802A-21R-1,93-95Clayey siltstone178.532301024022.0
129-802A129-802A-26R-1,0-10Interstitial water225.0012.222.1
129-802A129-802A-26R-2,63-66Clayey chalk227.53300150<145021.620.9
129-802A129-802A-29R-2,144-149Claystone257.4455033088022.422.1
129-802A129-802A-29R-3,29-34Interstitial water258.0012.022.2
129-802A129-802A-32R-2,140-150Interstitial water286.0012.5
129-802A129-802A-32R-2,26-30Chalk285.2615011026023.320.1
129-802A129-802A-40R-2,140-150Interstitial water361.0015.025.4
129-802A129-802A-40R-3,81-86Volcanic claystonesiltstone361.91140100<123047022.213.9-31.3
129-802A129-802A-43R-1,140-150Interstitial water384.0015.1
129-802A129-802A-47R-2,140-150Interstitial water422.0013.225.5
129-802A129-802A-49R-3,5-9Silty claystone441.152402208054023.215.3-31.2
129-802A129-802A-50R-2,140-150Interstitial water450.0013.6
129-802A129-802A-56R-2,140-150Interstitial water500.0015.726.2
129-802A129-802A-56R-4,27-31Claystone501.871401001270151027.65.6-30.928.6
129-802A129-802A-59R-1Pyrite-40.3
129-802A129-802A-59R-3Pyrite-36.8
129-802A129-802A-62R-1Pyrite-24.5