Modes of sapropel formation in the eastern Mediterranean: Some constraints based on pyrite properties

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 199-219

  Passier, Hilde F ^a   Middelburg, Jack J ^b   De Lange, Gert J ^a   Böttcher, Michael E ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Framboidal microtexture; Organic carbon; Pyrite; S 34 S 32; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

IRON; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PYRITE; SAPROPEL; SULFIDE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032926259     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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