Mineralogic and sulfur isotopic effects accompanying oxidation of pyrite in millimolar solutions of hydrogen peroxide at temperatures from 4 to 150 °C

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4889-4905

  Lefticariu, Liliana ^a   Pratt, Lisa M ^a   Ripley, Edward M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR ISOTOPE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33748702272     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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