Oxidation of detrital pyrite as a cause for Marcasite Formation in marine lag deposits from the Devonian of the eastern US

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 11-13, 2007, Pages 1312-1326

  Schieber, Juergen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shale; Erosion; Marcasite; Oxidation; Pyrite; Sequence boundary

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; EROSION; OXIDATION; QUARTZ; SAND;

BLACK SHALE; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION (EBSD); MARCASITE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

PYRITES;

BLACK SHALE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DEVONIAN; MARCASITE; OXIDATION; PH; PYRITE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

EID: 34547815152     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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