The sulfur system in anoxic subsurface brines and its implication in brine evolutionary pathways: The Ca-chloride brines in the Dead Sea area

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-213

  Gavrieli, Ittai ^a   Yechieli, Yoseph ^a   Halicz, Ludwik ^a   Spiro, Baruch ^b   Bein, Amos ^a   Efron, Dov ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c The Dead Sea and Arava Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial sulfates; Brine evolution; Dead Sea; Gypsum dissolution; Rayleigh distillation; Redfield ratio; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BRINE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 0035048077     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00247-3     Document Type: Article

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