Coupling between sulfur recycling and syndepositional carbonate dissolution: Evidence from oxygen and sulfur isotope composition of pore water sulfate, South Florida Platform, U.S.A.

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2529-2546

  Ku, T C W ^a   Walter, L M ^a   Coleman, M L ^b   Blake, R E ^a   Martini, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DISSOLUTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POREWATER; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033373712     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00115-5     Document Type: Article

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