On the origin of framboidal pyrite in sediments of the Suakin Deep (Red Sea)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Pierret, Marie Claire ^a   Blanc, Gérard ^b   Clauer, Norbert ^a  

^a LMP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Framboidal pyrite; Red Sea; REE; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; PYRITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

RED SEA; SUAKIN DEEP;

EID: 0034651212     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00103-8     Document Type: Article

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