A stable isotope study of pyrite formation in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene sediments of the Black Sea

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1261-1270

  Calvert, S E ^a   Thode, H G ^b   Yeung, D ^a   Karlin, R E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0029752023     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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