Mixed-valent Fe films ('schwimmeisen') on the surface of reduced ephemeral pools

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 635-643

  Grathoff, George H ^a   Baham, John E ^b   Easterly, Heather R ^a   Gassman, Paul ^c   Hugo, Richard C ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephemeral pools; Ferrihydrite; Floating Fe film; Geochemistry; Mineralogy; Mixed valent; Morphology; Soils

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION;

EPHEMERAL POOLS; FERRIHYDRITE; MIXED-VALENT;

IRON;

BIOFILM; EPHEMERAL POOL; FERRIHYDRITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 38549167657     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2007.0550610     Document Type: Article

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