Contemporaneous early diagenetic formation of organic and inorganic sulfur in estuarine sediments from St. Andrew Bay, Florida, USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2325-2332

  Brüchert, Volker ^a   Pratt, Lisa M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; SULPHUR;

USA, FLORIDA, ST ANDREW BAY;

EID: 0029731242     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00087-7     Document Type: Article

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