Transformations of mercury, iron, and sulfur during the reductive dissolution of iron oxyhydroxide by sulfide

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-894

  Slowey, Aaron J ^a   Brown Jr , Gordon E ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; IRON; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846647922     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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