O and S isotopic composition of dissolved and attached oxidation products of pyrite by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: Comparison with abiotic oxidations

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2474-2490

  Pisapia, Céline ^a,b   Chaussidon, M ^a   Mustin, C ^b   Humbert, B ^c  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PYRITE; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247630127     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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