Sulfur in serpentinized oceanic peridotites: Serpentinization processes and microbial sulfate reduction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 9917-9929

  Alt, Jeffrey C ^a   Shanks III, Wayne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST; PERIDOTITE; SERPENTINIZATION; SESRPENTINIZATION; SULPHUR;

EID: 0032503182     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00576     Document Type: Article

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