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The contrasting effect of sediment methane gas voids on diffusive fluxes of soluble and sparingly soluble substances
Sabine Flury ,Ronnie N. Glud, Katrin Premke, Daniel F.
McGinnis
SEFS 9, Geneva
2015
Gas accumulation in sediments and sediment water interface
A common phenomenon
Methane O2 (photosynthetic biofilms)
http://myweb.fsu.edu/mhuettel/Projects/ONR_Gas.html
http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/01/green-algae-537x358.jpeg
marine freshwater
Gas tube bubbles
(Anderson and Martinez) 2015)
Gas distribution in sediments
(Cheng et al 2014) (Cheng et al 2014)
CH4 gas distribution in a lake
Gas profiles in marine sedimentsDeep gas: CH4 Surface gas: O2
Potential free gas accumulation from 0 cm to deep layers!
Enhanced pore water exchange due to ebullition
True at high bubble rates (e.g. seep sites) and in permeable sediments
http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/01/green-algae-537x358.jpeg
Pore water mixing
Pore water exchange
Photo – A. Maeck
In permeable and semi-permeable sediments:
Pore water flux: 3-21 x increase at high bubble rates
With 60-70 L m-2 d-1
(e.g. at seep sites)
(Cheng et al 2014)
How strong is the pore water exchange with bubble rates generally found in Lakes and
reservoirs?
E.g. Bubble rates in Lake Wohlen and Saar: 7-17 L m-2 d-1 (DelSontro et al 2010, Maeck et al 2013)
Experimental Set-UpSediment:- Muddy (Lake Müggel, Germany)- Sandy mud (Odense River, Denmark)
Tracer: - Br- (added as KBr) - Rhodamine WT
Gas production: - stimulated with Yeast Extract
Incubation Temperature:- 27 oC, dark- 20 oC, dark
Water mixing:- Eheim Aquarium pump (5L min-1)inactive sed.
live or .
Results
Tracer fluxes and Dapp reduced by 24% ! ̴
(Flury et al – in revision ES&T)
Rhodamine Bromide
Flux calculation in sediment: Fick’s first law
(Flury et al – in revision ES&T)
D in water: 10-9 m2 s-1
𝐽 i=𝐷i ∙∂𝐶i
∂ 𝑧Ji = fluxCi = concentration of diss. sp.Z = depthDi = Diffusivity of species i
In sediments:
Di = function of Tortuosity θ
Molecular diffusion:
Effect of gas voids on pore water and gas flow
(Flury et al – in revision ES&T)
D in water: 10-9 m2 s-1 D in gas: 10-5 m2 s-1
Effect of gas voids on pore water and gas diffusivities in
SOIL
𝐷us=𝐷w ∙𝛼73
𝜑2
Millington and Quirk model for water unsaturated porous media (Millington & Quirk 1961)
Dus = Diffusivity in unsaturated porous mediaDw = Diffusivity in free water or gas= volumetric water or gas content = total porosity
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.00.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
RWT sq
Br r
Br sq
RWT sq
Br r
Br sq
Dus
,s:D
s,s
Water content (vol water/vol sediment)
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0Gas content (vol gas/vol sediment)
For soluble species:
- If gas cont ↑ then D ↓
- If water cont ↑ then D ↑
SandMud
Effect of gas voids on pore water diffusivities in SEDIMENT
(Flury et al – in revision ES&T)
Stan
dard
ized
Diffu
sivity
(-)
𝐷us=𝐷w ∙𝛼73
𝜑2
Diffu
sivity
of g
as (m
2 s-1
)Effect of gas voids on gas diffusivities in SEDIMENT
Small amounts of gas can increase Dgas substantially!
(Flury et al – in revision ES&T)
𝐷us=𝐷w ∙𝛼73
𝜑2
Implications of gas voids on:Pore water and gas fluxes - overestimation of pore water fluxes
- large underestimation of gas fluxes
Ecosystem functioning: - ↓ transport of diss. nutrients (↓internal nutrient)
- ↑ transport of e.g. CH4 to oxidizing zones - ↑ transport of O2 into sediment
http://myweb.fsu.edu/mhuettel/Projects/ONR_Gas.html
http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/01/green-algae-537x358.jpeg
Gas tube bubbles
marine freshwater
Thank you! Claudia Theel (IGB)
Workshop SDU
Anni Glud (SDU)
Morten Larsen (SDU)Jael Brüning (IGB)
Amanda Cheng (IGB)