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    Subsurface thermogenic methane source and impact on pore-fluid biogeochemistry in shallow shelf sediments off the West Coast of India

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    2026
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    Sivan, K.
    Mazumdar, A.
    Peketi, A.
    Zatale, A.
    Sadique, M.
    Ghosh, A.
    Pillutla, S.P. K.
    Mathai, J.
    Mishra, Shubhshree
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    A detailed geochemical investigation of a 5.25 m-long sediment core from the gas-rich shallow seasonally hypoxic shelf off the west coast of India (eastern Arabian Sea) provides the first robust geochemical evidence for deep-seated thermogenic methane (CH4) in this region. The $$\updelta^{13}{\text{C}_{{\text{CH}}_{4}}}$$values ( 113.6 to 30.5 ), isotopically enriched higher hydrocarbons (C2 C4), low C1/C2 ratios (<70), together with down-core DIC concentrations and ?13CDIC values, collectively indicate a mixed biogenic thermogenic CH4 origin, coupled with significant biogeochemical transformation of gas compositions. The down-core DIC concentrations and ?13CDIC values confirm active hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis below the sulfate methane transition zone (SMTZ). The modified Bernard plot shows clustering of data points across the thermogenic biogenic CH4 mixing curve, suggesting a mixed gas origin as well as biogeochemical transformation of gas compositions, namely the preferential consumption of CH4, which leads to a significant decrease in ?13C values of residual CH4 and in the C1/C2 ratios. The biogeochemical transformation of gas compositions is attributed to sulfate-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane (SO42 AOM), with additional possibilities involving Fe Mn-dependent AOM (Fe Mn AOM) below the SMTZ. The widespread occurrence of gas-charged sediments, coupled with the detection of thermogenic hydrocarbons, underscores the hydrocarbon potential of the western continental margin of India.
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    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12040-025-02734-8#citeas
    http://drs.nio.res.in/drs/handle/2264/9655
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