Jürgen Möbius
University of Hamburg
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Paleoceanography | 2012
Rebecca S. Robinson; Markus Kienast; Ana Luiza Spadano Albuquerque; Mark A. Altabet; Sergio Contreras; Ricardo De Pol Holz; Nathalie Dubois; Roger Francois; Eric D. Galbraith; Ting-Chang Hsu; T. S. Ivanochko; Samuel L. Jaccard; Shuh-Ji Kao; Thorsten Kiefer; Stephanie S. Kienast; Moritz F. Lehmann; Philippe Martinez; Matthew D. McCarthy; Jürgen Möbius; Tom F. Pedersen; Tracy M. Quan; Evgeniya Ryabenko; Andreas Schmittner; Ralph R. Schneider; Aya Schneider-Mor; Masahito Shigemitsu; Daniel J. Sinclair; Christopher J. Somes; Anja S Studer; Robert C. Thunell
Key Points: Use of sedimentary nitrogen isotopes is examined; On average, sediment 15N/14N increases approx. 2 per mil during early burial; Isotopic alteration scales with water depth Abstract: Nitrogen isotopes are an important tool for evaluating past biogeochemical cycling from the paleoceanographic record. However, bulk sedimentary nitrogen isotope ratios, which can be determined routinely and at minimal cost, may be altered during burial and early sedimentary diagenesis, particularly outside of continental margin settings. The causes and detailed mechanisms of isotopic alteration are still under investigation. Case studies of the Mediterranean and South China Seas underscore the complexities of investigating isotopic alteration. In an effort to evaluate the evidence for alteration of the sedimentary N isotopic signal and try to quantify the net effect, we have compiled and compared data demonstrating alteration from the published literature. A >100 point comparison of sediment trap and surface sedimentary nitrogen isotope values demonstrates that, at sites located off of the continental margins, an increase in sediment 15N/14N occurs during early burial, likely at the seafloor. The extent of isotopic alteration appears to be a function of water depth. Depth-related differences in oxygen exposure time at the seafloor are likely the dominant control on the extent of N isotopic alteration. Moreover, the compiled data suggest that the degree of alteration is likely to be uniform through time at most sites so that bulk sedimentary isotope records likely provide a good means for evaluating relative changes in the global N cycle.
Geology | 2014
Christian Betzler; Sebastian Lindhorst; Gregor P. Eberli; Thomas Lüdmann; Jürgen Möbius; J. Ludwig; Ilona Schutter; Marco Wunsch; John J. G. Reijmer; Christian Hübscher
Hydroacoustic and sedimentological data from the western leeward flank of the Great Bahama Bank document the interplay of off-bank sediment export, along-slope transport, and erosion, which together shape facies and thickness distribution of slope carbonates. The integrated data set depicts the combined product of these processes and allows formulation of a comprehensive model of a periplatform drift that significantly amends established models of carbonate platform slope facies distribution and geometry. The basinward-thinning wedge of the periplatform drift at the foot of the bank escarpment displays along-slope and downslope variations in sedimentary architecture. Sediments are muddy carbonate sands that coarsen basinward. The drift wedge has a pervasive cover of cyclic steps. In zones of lower contour current speed, depth-related facies belts develop, whereas strike-discontinuous sediment lobes, scarps, and gullies characterize areas with higher current speed. This understanding of the impact of currents on carbonate-slope sedimentation has wider implications for seismic and sequence stratigraphic interpretation of carbonate platforms and for applied aspects such as hydrocarbon exploration.
Geobiology | 2008
Andrea Wieland; Thomas Pape; Jürgen Möbius; Jan-Hendrik Klock; Walter Michaelis
The fine-scale depth distribution of major carbon pools and their stable carbon isotopic signatures (delta(13)C) were determined in a cyanobacterial mat (Salin-de-Giraud, Camargue, France) to study early diagenetic alterations and the carbon preservation potential in hypersaline mat ecosystems. Particular emphasis was placed on the geochemical role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Total carbon (C(tot)), organic carbon (C(org)), total nitrogen (N(tot)), total hydrolysable amino acids (THAA), carbohydrates, cyanobacteria-derived hydrocarbons (8-methylhexadecane, n-heptadec-5-ene, n-heptadecane) and EPS showed highest concentrations in the top millimetre of the mat and decreased with depth. The hydrocarbons attributed to cyanobacteria showed the strongest decrease in concentration with depth. This correlated well with the depth profiles of oxygenic photosynthesis and oxygen, which were detected in the top 0.6 and 1.05 mm, respectively, at a high down-welling irradiance (1441 micromol photons m(-2) s(-1)). At depths beneath the surface layer, the C(org) was composed mainly of amino acids and carbohydrates. A resistance towards microbial degradation could have resulted from interactions with diverse functional groups present in biopolymers (EPS) and with minerals deposited in the mat. A (13)C enrichment with depth for the total carbon pool (C(tot)) was observed, with delta(13)C values ranging from -16.3 per thousand at the surface to -11.3 per thousand at 9-10 mm depth. Total lipids depicted a delta(13)C value of -17.2 per thousand in the top millimetre and then became depleted in (13)C with depth (-21.7 to -23.3 per thousand). The delta(13)C value of EPS varied only slightly with depth (-16.1 to -17.3 per thousand) and closely followed the delta(13)C value of C(org) at depths beneath 4 mm. The EPS represents an organic carbon pool of preservation potential during early stages of diagenesis in recent cyanobacterial mats as a result of a variety of possible interactions. Their analyses might improve our understanding of fossilized microbial remains from mat ecosystems.
Archive | 2015
Gerhard Schmiedl; Fanny Adloff; Kay-Christian Emeis; Rosina Grimm; Michal Kucera; Ernst Maier-Reimer; Uwe Mikolajewicz; Jürgen Möbius; Katharina Müller-Navarra
To understand the processes leading to the formation of Holocene sapropel S1 in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, we integrated results from regional ocean-biogeochemical general circulation model experiments with biogeochemical and micropaleontological proxy records. Sapropel S1 formed during the Holocene insolation maximum, when strong Aegean north winds (Etesian) caused enhanced downwelling and mixing of warm surface waters in the Cretan and western Levantine seas accounting for the complex sea-surface temperature pattern derived from planktonic foraminiferal transfer functions. Our results support a scenario where sufficient organic matter for sapropel formation is buried under oligotrophic conditions in an anoxic water column refuting the “high-productivity” hypothesis. We reconstructed a synchronous shift in the state of deep-sea benthic ecosystems, documenting a rapid expansion of dysoxic to anoxic conditions with onset of S1 deposition. The recovery of benthic ecosystems during the terminal S1 phase was controlled by increasingly deeper convection and re-ventilation over a period of approximately 1,500 years.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | 2013
Jürgen Möbius
Biogeosciences | 2010
Jürgen Möbius; Niko Lahajnar; Kay Emeis
Journal of Sea Research | 2009
Karin A F Zonneveld; Liang Chen; Jürgen Möbius; Magdy S. Mahmoud
Journal of Plankton Research | 2009
Rolf Koppelmann; Ruth Böttger-Schnack; Jürgen Möbius; Horst Weikert
Marine Geology | 2011
Jürgen Möbius; Birgit Gaye; Niko Lahajnar; Enno Bahlmann; Kay-Christian Emeis
Journal of Geophysical Research | 2010
Kay-Christian Emeis; Paraskevi Mara; Tim Schlarbaum; Jürgen Möbius; Kirstin Dähnke; Ulrich Struck; N. Mihalopoulos; Michael D. Krom