Sulfur isotope variability in biogenic pyrite: Reflections of heterogeneous bacterial colonization?

American Mineralogist

Volumn 83, Issue 11-12 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1454-1468

  Kohn, Matthew J ^a   Riciputi, Lee R ^b   Stakes, Debra ^c   Orange, Daniel L ^d  

^a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES; ZONING;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOSED SYSTEMS; INDIVIDUAL GRAINS; ION MICROPROBE; NUCLEATION SITES; RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATION;

PYRITES;

COLD SEEP; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PYRITE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

EID: 0032415969     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1998-11-1234     Document Type: Article

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