Turbidity Currents Can Dictate Organic Carbon Fluxes Across River-Fed Fjords: An Example From Bute Inlet (BC, Canada)

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dc.contributor.authorHeerema, Kate
dc.contributor.authorHage, S.
dc.contributor.authorGaly, V.V.
dc.contributor.authorCartigny, M.J.B.
dc.contributor.authorHeijnen, M.S.
dc.contributor.authorAcikalin, S.
dc.contributor.authorClare, M.A.
dc.contributor.authorGiesbrecht, I.
dc.contributor.authorGröcke, D.R.
dc.contributor.authorHendry, A.
dc.contributor.authorHilton, R.G.
dc.contributor.authorHubbard, S.M.
dc.contributor.authorHunt, J.E.
dc.contributor.authorLintern, D.G.
dc.contributor.authorMcGhee, C.
dc.contributor.authorParsons, D.R.
dc.contributor.authorPope, E.L.
dc.contributor.authorStacey, C.D.
dc.contributor.authorSumner, E.J.
dc.contributor.authorTank, S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-14T16:18:23Z
dc.date.available2022-07-14T16:18:23Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022-05-25
dc.descriptionWe acknowledge that this work took place in the unceded traditional territory of the Homalco First Nation. We thank the captain and crew of the CCGS Vector (Canada) for sample collection.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe delivery and burial of terrestrial particulate organic carbon (OC) in marine sediments is important to quantify, because this OC is a food resource for benthic communities, and if buried it may lower the concentrations of atmospheric CO2 over geologic timescales. Analysis of sediment cores has previously shown that fjords are hotspots for OC burial. Fjords can contain complex networks of submarine channels formed by seafloor sediment flows, called turbidity currents. However, the burial efficiency and distribution of OC by turbidity currents in river-fed fjords had not been investigated previously. Here, we determine OC distribution and burial efficiency across a turbidity current system within Bute Inlet, a fjord in western Canada. We show that 62% ± 10% of the OC supplied by the two river sources is buried across the fjord surficial (30–200 cm) sediment. The sandy subenvironments (channel and lobe) contain 63% ± 14% of the annual terrestrial OC burial in the fjord. In contrast, the muddy subenvironments (overbank and distal basin) contain the remaining 37% ± 14%. OC in the channel, lobe, and overbank exclusively comprises terrestrial OC sourced from rivers. When normalized by the fjord’s surface area, at least 3 times more terrestrial OC is buried in Bute Inlet, compared to the muddy parts of other fjords previously studied. Although the long-term (>100 years) preservation of this OC is still to be fully understood, turbidity currents in fjords appear to be efficient at storing OC supplied by rivers in their near-surface deposits.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipS.H. acknowledges funding by the IAS postgraduate grant scheme, a Research Development funds offered by Durham University, and the NOCS/WHOI exchange program. S.H. has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 899546. The field campaign and geochemical analyses were supported by Natural Environment Research Council grants NE/M007138/1, NE/W30601/1, NE/N012798/1, NE/K011480/1 and NE/ M017540/1. M.J.B.C. was funded by a Royal Society Research Fellowship (DHF\R1\180166). M.A.C. was supported by the U.K. National Capability NERC CLASS program (NE/R015953/1) and NERC grants (NE/P009190/1 and NE/ P005780/1). C.J.H. and M.S.H. were funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 721403 - ITN SLATE. E.L.P. was supported by a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (ECF-2018-267).en_US
dc.identifier.citationHage, S., Galy, V. V., Cartigny, M. J. B., Heerema, C., Heijnen, M. S., Acikalin, S., et al. (2022). Turbidity currents can dictate organic carbon fluxes across river-fed fjords: An example from Bute Inlet (BC, Canada). Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(6), e2022JG006824. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006824en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006824
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/14056
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciencesen_US
dc.subjectfjords
dc.subjectorganic carbon
dc.subjectsediment
dc.subjectsubmarine channel
dc.subjectcarbon burial
dc.subjectrivers
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Geography
dc.titleTurbidity Currents Can Dictate Organic Carbon Fluxes Across River-Fed Fjords: An Example From Bute Inlet (BC, Canada)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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