Sulfur isotopic trends and pathways of iron sulfide formation in upper holocene sediments of the anoxic black sea

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3367-3382

  Lyons, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PYRITE; SULPHUR;

BLACK SEA;

EID: 0030716805     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00174-9     Document Type: Article

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