Sulphur speciation in anoxic hypersaline sediments from the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 307-321

  Henneke, Else ^a   Luther III, George W ^b   De Lange, Gert J ^a   Hoefs, Joachim ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Geochemisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS; HYPERSALINE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PYRITE; SPECIATION; SULPHUR; SULPHUR COMPOUNDS; SULPHUR SPECIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030917894     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00355-9     Document Type: Article

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