Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2221-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2221-2019
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29 May 2019
Research article |  | 29 May 2019

Fracture-controlled fluid transport supports microbial methane-oxidizing communities at Vestnesa Ridge

Haoyi Yao, Wei-Li Hong, Giuliana Panieri, Simone Sauer, Marta E. Torres, Moritz F. Lehmann, Friederike Gründger, and Helge Niemann

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How methane is transported in the sediment is important for the microbial community living on methane. Here we report an observation of a mini-fracture that facilitates the advective gas transport of methane in the sediment, compared to the diffusive fluid transport without a fracture. We found contrasting bio-geochemical signals in these different transport modes. This finding can help to fill the gap in the fracture network system in modulating methane dynamics in surface sediments.
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