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Influence of Fluids on the Species Composition and Preservation of Microfossils in Biogenic Carbonate Sediments in the Pobeda Hydrothermal Cluster (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

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Based on materials obtained during Cruise 37 of the R/V Professor Logatchev in the Russian exploration area, the species composition, distribution, and preservation of nanno- and microfossil carbonate shells in biogenic bottom sediments within the Pobeda hydrothermal cluster (17°07.45′–17°08.7′ N MAR) were studied. Physicochemical parameters and total carbonate content were measured and their changes along column sections were revealed. Based on the coccolith assemblages, the studied sediments are assigned to the upper part (acme) of the biostratigraphic zone Emiliania huxleyi. It has been established that the hydrothermal activity zone (Pobeda hydrothermal cluster) is marked usually by a decrease of both total population and species diversity of microrganisms in the lower part of columns. The column is also marked by downsection decrease of Eh, pH, and carbonate content. These changes are attributed to the influence of diffuse hydrothermal fluids.

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  1. (ncr) Recalculated to the noncarbonate material.

  2. Plots of the benthic foraminifer distribution (Figs. 5–8) show the percentage content of the most important species.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors express deep gratitude to all participants of Cruise 37 of the R/V Professor Logatchev for help in the collection of material for research, as well as to L.V. Demina for the analyses, S.I. Merenkova for photomicrography, and A.I. Mikhailova for help in the paper layout.

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This work was carried out under the State Task (theme nos. 0135-2016-0003, 0135-2019-0050, 0149-2018-0016, and 0149-2019-0007) supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 16-47.02009).

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  1. Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119107, Moscow, Russia

    I. F. Gablina

  2. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    O. B. Dmitrenko, T. A. Khusid & N. V. Libina

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Gablina, I.F., Dmitrenko, O.B., Khusid, T.A. et al. Influence of Fluids on the Species Composition and Preservation of Microfossils in Biogenic Carbonate Sediments in the Pobeda Hydrothermal Cluster (Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Lithol Miner Resour 54, 511–523 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490219060038

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