Varves in marine sediments: A review

A Schimmelmann, CB Lange, J Schieber… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The global compilation of reported marine varved sedimentary records throughout the
Quaternary contains 52 sites. Marine varve deposition and preservation typically depend on …

Pre-glacial and post-glacial history of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet in NW Russia–Evidence from Lake Ladoga

E Lebas, R Gromig, S Krastel, B Wagner… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lacustrine sedimentary records are valuable archives of regional paleoenvironmental and
paleoclimatic changes. High-resolution seismic reflection data collected in 2013, in …

Auxiliary metabolic gene functions in pelagic and benthic viruses of the Baltic Sea

B Heyerhoff, B Engelen, C Bunse - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Marine microbial communities are facing various ecosystem fluctuations (eg, temperature,
organic matter concentration, salinity, or redox regimes) and thus have to be highly adaptive …

Control on rate and pathway of anaerobic organic carbon degradation in the seabed

F Beulig, H Røy, C Glombitza… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The degradation of organic matter in the anoxic seabed proceeds through a complex
microbial network in which the terminal steps are dominated by oxidation with sulfate or …

Extreme methane clumped isotopologue bio-signatures of aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophy: Insights from the Lake Pavin and the Black Sea sediments

T Giunta, ED Young, J Labidi, P Sansjofre… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial methane oxidation-or methanotrophy-is a key control of the global methane
budget on Earth, and perhaps in other planetary systems. Here, we explore the potential role …

Deglaciation history of Lake Ladoga (northwestern Russia) based on varved sediments

R Gromig, B Wagner, V Wennrich, G Fedorov… - Boreas, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia is Europe's largest lake. The postglacial history of the
Ladoga basin is for the first time documented continuously with high temporal resolution in …

Erosion of carbonate-bearing sedimentary rocks may close the alkalinity budget of the Baltic Sea and support atmospheric CO2 uptake in coastal seas

K Wallmann, M Diesing, F Scholz, G Rehder… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
High alkalinity values observed in coastal seas promote the uptake of CO2 from the
atmosphere. However, the alkalinity budget of coastal areas and marginal seas is poorly …

Cell-specific rates of sulfate reduction and fermentation in the sub-seafloor biosphere

M Jaussi, BB Jørgensen, KU Kjeldsen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms in subsurface sediments live from recalcitrant organic matter deposited
thousands or millions of years ago. Their catabolic activities are low, but the deep biosphere …

Microbial Organic Matter Degradation Potential in Baltic Sea Sediments Is Influenced by Depositional Conditions and In Situ Geochemistry

LA Zinke, C Glombitza, JT Bird, H Røy… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Globally, marine sediments are a vast repository of organic matter, which is degraded
through various microbial pathways, including polymer hydrolysis and monomer …

Physiological limits to life in anoxic subseafloor sediment

WD Orsi, B Schink, W Buckel… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In subseafloor sediment, microbial cell densities exponentially decrease with depth into the
fermentation zone. Here, we address the classical question of'why are cells dying faster than …