Oxygen isotope partitioning during oxidation of pyrite by H2O2 and its dependence on temperature

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5072-5088

  Lefticariu, Liliana ^a,b   Schimmelmann, Arndt ^b   Pratt, Lisa M ^b   Ripley, Edward M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MASS BALANCE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PYRITE; SOLUTION; SULFATE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 35548978344     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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