Impact of isostatic land uplift and artificial drainage on oxidation of brackish-water sediments rich in metastable iron sulfide

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1268-1281

  Boman, Anton ^a   Fröjdö, Sören ^a   Backlund, Krister ^a   Åström, Mats E ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SULFATE SOIL; BRACKISH WATER; DRAINAGE; IRON SULFIDE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; PEAT; PYRITE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROFILE; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 73449110910     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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