More reducing bottom-water redox conditions during the Last Glacial Maximum in the southern Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench, western Pacific) driven by enhanced productivity

Min Luo1, Thomas J. Algeo2, Hongpeng Tong3, Joris Gieskes4, Linying Chen1, Xuefa Shi5,6, Duofu Chen1
1Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
2Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, USA
3Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
4Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA
5Key Laboratory of Marine Sedimentology and Environmental Geology, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China
6Function Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266061, China

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