Controls on iron, manganese and intermediate oxidation state sulfur compounds in the Cariaco Basin

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 47-62

  Percy, Dane ^a   Li, Xiaona ^a   Taylor, Gordon T ^a   Astor, Yrene ^b   Scranton, Mary I ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Anoxic basins; Biogeochemistry; Cariaco Basin; Caribbean; Iron sulfides; Manganese minerals; Suboxic zone; Sulfur compounds; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; IRON; MANGANESE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SATURATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULFUR COMPOUND; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 45249100921     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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