Influence of arsenic on iron sulfide transformations

Chemical Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 217-227

  Wolthers, M ^a   Butler, I B ^b   Rickard, D ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenate; Arsenite; Iron sulfides; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; IRON SULFIDE; MACKINAWITE; PYRITE; TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 33845876337     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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