Particulate sulfur species in the water column of the Cariaco Basin

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-163

  Li, Xiaona ^a   Cutter, Gregory A ^b   Thunell, Robert C ^c   Tappa, Eric ^c   Gilhooly, William P ^d   Lyons, Timothy W ^d   Astor, Yrene ^e   Scranton, Mary I ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FUNDACIÓN LA SALLE DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREIGITE; IRON SULFIDE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PARTICULATE FLUX; PARTICULATE MATTER; PYRITE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 78649715040     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.039     Document Type: Article

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