Geochemical and Stable Fe Isotopic Analysis of Dissimilatory Microbial Iron Reduction in Chocolate Pots Hot Spring, Yellowstone National Park.

Abstract:

:Chocolate Pots hot spring (CP) is an Fe-rich, circumneutral-pH geothermal spring in Yellowstone National Park. Relic hydrothermal systems have been identified on Mars, and modern hydrothermal environments such as CP are useful for gaining insight into potential pathways for generation of biosignatures of ancient microbial life on Earth and Mars. Fe isotope fractionation is recognized as a signature of dissimilatory microbial iron oxide reduction (DIR) in both the rock record and modern sedimentary environments. Previous studies in CP have demonstrated the presence of DIR in vent pool deposits and show aqueous-/solid-phase Fe isotope variations along the hot spring flow path that may be linked to this process. In this study, we examined the geochemistry and stable Fe isotopic composition of spring water and sediment core samples collected from the vent pool and along the flow path, with the goal of evaluating whether Fe isotopes can serve as a signature of past or present DIR activity. Bulk sediment Fe redox speciation confirmed that DIR is active within the hot spring vent pool sediments (but not in more distal deposits), and the observed Fe isotope fractionation between Fe(II) and Fe(III) is consistent with previous studies of DIR-driven Fe isotope fractionation. However, modeling of sediment Fe isotope distributions indicates that DIR does not produce a unique Fe isotopic signature of DIR in the vent pool environment. Because of rapid chemical and isotopic communication between the vent pool fluid and sediment, sorption of Fe(II) to Fe(III) oxides would produce an isotopic signature similar to DIR despite DIR-driven generation of large quantities of isotopically light solid-associated Fe(II). The possibility exists, however, for preservation of specific DIR-derived Fe(II) minerals such as siderite (which is present in the vent pool deposits), whose isotopic composition could serve as a long-term signature of DIR in relic hot spring environments.

journal_name

Astrobiology

journal_title

Astrobiology

authors

Fortney NW,Beard BL,Hutchings JA,Shields MR,Bianchi TS,Boyd ES,Johnson CM,Roden EE

doi

10.1089/ast.2019.2058

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2021-01-01 00:00:00

pages

83-102

issue

1

eissn

1531-1074

issn

1557-8070

journal_volume

21

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