Sterane and hopane biomarkers capture microbial transformations of complex hydrocarbons in young hydrothermal Guaymas Basin sediments

Paraskevi Mara; Robert K. Nelson; Christopher M. Reddy; Andreas Teske; Virginia P. Edgcomb

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00582-8

Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2022)

Sterane and hopane biomarkers capture microbial transformations of complex hydrocarbons in young hydrothermal Guaymas Basin sediments

Paraskevi Mara,
Robert K. Nelson,
Christopher M. Reddy,
Andreas Teske,
Virginia P. Edgcomb

Affiliations

Paraskevi Mara: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert K. Nelson: Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Christopher M. Reddy: Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Andreas Teske: Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Virginia P. Edgcomb: Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00582-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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In hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin, hopane and sterane biomarkers undergoing thermal and biological degradation are carried to surficial sediments by hydrothermal fluids, according to geochemical and chromatographic analyses of sediment cores.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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