Sulfate reduction and iron sulfide mineral formation in the southern East China Sea continental slope sediment

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1837-1852

  Lin, Saulwood ^a   Huang, Kuo Ming ^a   Chen, Shin Kuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Continental slope; East China Sea; Organic carbon; Pyrite; Sedimentation rate; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PYRITES; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; IRON SULFIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; PYRITE; REDUCTION; SULFATE;

EAST CHINA SEA;

EID: 0036814494     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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