The early diagenetic formation of organic sulfur in the sediments of Mangrove Lake, Bermuda

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 767-781

  Canheld, Donald E ^a   Boudreau, Bernard P ^b   Mucci, Alfonso ^c   Gundersen, Jens K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; LAKE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SULPHUR;

BERMUDA, MANGROVE LAKE;

EID: 0031685228     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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