Images of concentrations of dissolved sulphide in the sediment of a lake and implications for internal sulphur cycling

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-544

  Lehmann, Christine ^a   Bachofen, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anoxic lake sediment; Convective flow; Hydrogen sulphide imaging; Sulphur cycle

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED LOAD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SULFIDE; SULFUR CYCLE;

EID: 0032846703     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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