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Cycles 37(8)</i>: e2022GB007636. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022gb007636\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022gb007636</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Pika, P.A.; Hülse, D.; Eglinton, T.I.; Arndt, S.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Pika, P.A. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Organic matter (OM) degradation in marine sediments is fundamental to understanding and constraining global biogeochemical cycling, whereby OM reactivity is at its core. Here, we use benthic diffusive oxygen uptake (DOU) rates as a proxy for OM reactivity. We apply an analytical diagenetic model to inversely determine OM reactivities in marine sediments (i.e., Reactive Continuum Model parameters <i>a</i> and <i>ν</i>) using data sets of global DOU, surface sediment OM contents, and seafloor boundary conditions. Simulated oxygen depth profiles show good agreement with observations, increasing confidence in our reactivity estimates. Inversely determined reactivities vary over orders of magnitude between individual sites ranging from high (<i>k</i>&nbsp;=&nbsp;0.252&nbsp;year<sup>−1</sup>) for sediments in the Polar region to extremely low (<i>k</i>&nbsp;=&nbsp;7.96 ⋅ 10<sup>−5</sup>&nbsp;year<sup>−1</sup>) in South Pacific. Our findings highlight the heterogeneity of OM reactivities, revealing regional patterns that broadly agree with observations and prior assessments. In general, high benthic reactivity can be linked to limited pelagic OM degradation favored by either a rapid vertical or lateral OM transport to the sediment or environmental factors, such as low oxygen concentrations or low temperature, slowing pelagic OM degradation. 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