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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_995258</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Sediment and pore water geochemistry of seep core MOZ4-CSF04 offshore northwest Madagascar (PAMELA-MOZ4, 2015)</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Rooze, Jurjen; Sansjofre, Pierre; Meile, Christof; Böttcher, Michael Ernst; Jouet, Gwenael; Pastor, Lucie</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Sediment and pore water geochemistry of seep core MOZ4-CSF04 offshore northwest Madagascar (PAMELA-MOZ4, 2015)</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-07-09</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995258</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Jurjen</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Rooze</Last_Name>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Event label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Optional event label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DEPTH, sediment/rock</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Carbon, organic, total</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ13C, total organic carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Iron, dithionite extractable</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Iron disulfide</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ34S, FeS2</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calcite</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>High magnesium calcite</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Aragonite</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ13C</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ18O</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Iron</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Aluminium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Methane, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ13C, methane</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sulfate, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Hydrogen sulfide, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Iron, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Alkalinity, total</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Manganese, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Calcium, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Magnesium, dissolved</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ13C, dissolved inorganic carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Porosity, total</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ13C, carbonate</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ18O, carbonate</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>δ13C, organic carbon</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>carbonates</Keyword>
<Keyword>Diagenesis</Keyword>
<Keyword>Gas seeps</Keyword>
<Keyword>iron</Keyword>
<Keyword>Madagascar</Keyword>
<Keyword>Marine sediment</Keyword>
<Keyword>Methane</Keyword>
<Keyword>MOZ4-CSF04</Keyword>
<Keyword>PAMELA-MOZ4</Keyword>
<Keyword>pore water</Keyword>
<Keyword>Radiocarbon</Keyword>
<Keyword>S2-G</Keyword>
<Keyword>Stable isotopes</Keyword>
<Keyword>Sulfur</Keyword>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) isotopic water analyzer, Picarro Inc., L2130-i; coupled to a Combustion Module (CM), Picarro Inc., A020</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS), isotopic water analyzer,  Picarro Inc., L2101-i</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES), HORIBA, ULTIMA 2</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Chromium reducible sulfur extraction according to Canfield et al. (1986)</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Elemental analyzer - isotope ratio mass spectrometer (EA-IRMS), Europa Scientific, ANCA-SL/20–20</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>X-Ray Diffractometer, Bruker Corporation, D8 ADVANCE</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), Thermo Finnigan, MAT 253; coupled with Gas bench II, Thermo Fisher Scientific</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (WDXRF), Bruker Corporation, S8 Tiger</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Wave-length dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (WD-XRF)</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Flame Ionization Detector (FID), Perichrom, PR2100</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Cavity ring-down spectrometer (CRDS), Picarro, G2201-i</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Ion chromatograph, Dionex Corporation, ICS-5000</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Cline method according to Cline (1969)</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), ThermoFisher Scientific, Element XR</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Automatic titrator, Metrohm, 888 Titrando
 coupled with pH electrode</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Ion chromatograph, Thermo Scientific, Dionex ICS-5000</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>GasBench II-IRMS, MAT 253, Thermo Scientific</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Gravimetric analysis</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>Pourquoi Pas ? (2005)</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2015-11-14</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2015-11-14</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>-15.3705</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>-15.3705</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>45.951833</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>45.951833</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>10.673 m (DEPTH, sediment/rock)</Maximum_Depth>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>704 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<Reference>Rooze, Jurjen; Sansjofre, Pierre; Meile, Christof; Böttcher, Michael Ernst; Jouet, Gwenael; Pastor, Lucie (2026): Reversible anaerobic oxidation of methane, carbon assimilation, and mineral authigenesis in pockmark sediments over the past 40 kyr: Insights from C–S–O isotopes and diagenetic modelling. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 424, 361-376, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2026.04.020</Reference>
<Reference>Canfield, Donald E; Raiswell, Robert; Westrich, Joseph T; Reaves, Christopher M; Berner, Robert A (1986): The use of chromium reduction in the analysis of reduced inorganic sulfur in sediments and shales. Chemical Geology, 54 (1-2), 149-155, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(86)90078-1</Reference>
<Reference>Cline, J D (1969): Spectrophotometric determination of hydrogen sulfide in natural waters. Limnology and Oceanography, 14, 454-458, https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1969.14.3.0454</Reference>
<Reference>Kostka, Joel E; Luther, Georg W (1995): Seasonal cycling of Fe in saltmarsh sediments. Biogeochemistry, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00000230</Reference>
<Summary>This dataset contains biogeochemical solid-phase and pore water data from sediment core MOZ4-CSF04 (named S2-G in the publication cited below), collected on 14 November 2015 during the PAMELA-MOZ4 oceanographic cruise offshore northwest Madagascar. This core was analyzed to assess the impact of fluid seepage on sediment biogeochemistry and diagenetic processes. Solid-phase parameters comprise total organic carbon (TOC), stable carbon isotopes of organic matter, reactive iron phases (dithionite-extractable Fe), pyrite content (FeS2) and its sulfur isotopic composition (δ34S), carbonate mineralogy (calcite, high Mg-calcite, aragonite), and stable carbon and oxygen isotopes of background carbonates and concretions, as well as δ13C of organic carbon associated with concretions. Bulk elemental concentrations of Fe and Al were determined by X-ray fluorescence (XRF). Pore water analyses include dissolved methane (CH4), sulfate (SO4), sulfide (H2S), dissolved iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), total alkalinity (TA), and stable carbon isotopic compositions of methane and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). The dataset also includes porosity measurements. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995258"!</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.mindat.org/min-307.html</URL>
<Description>Aragonite</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.mindat.org/min-859.html</URL>
<Description>Calcite</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00000230</URL>
<Description>Seasonal cycling of Fe in saltmarsh sediments</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(86)90078-1</URL>
<Description>Chromium reducible sulfur extraction according to Canfield et al. (1986)</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(86)90078-1</URL>
<Description>The use of chromium reduction in the analysis of reduced inorganic sulfur in sediments and shales</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2026.04.020</URL>
<Description>Reversible anaerobic oxidation of methane, carbon assimilation, and mineral authigenesis in pockmark sediments over the past 40 kyr: Insights from C–S–O isotopes and diagenetic modelling</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1969.14.3.0454</URL>
<Description>Cline method according to Cline (1969)</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1969.14.3.0454</URL>
<Description>Spectrophotometric determination of hydrogen sulfide in natural waters</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porosity</URL>
<Description>Porosity, total</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://www.ifremer.fr/fr/flotte-oceanographique-francaise/decouvrez-les-navires-de-la-flotte-oceanographique-francaise/le-pourquoi-pas</URL>
<Description>Pourquoi Pas ? (2005)</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2026-07-09</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-07-22</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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