Extent and isotopic composition of Fe and Mo release from two Pennsylvania shales in the presence of organic ligands and bacteria

Chemical Geology

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 167-180

  Liermann, Laura J ^a   Mathur, Ryan ^b   Wasylenki, Laura E ^c,e   Nuester, Jochen ^a,f   Anbar, Ariel D ^c,d   Brantley, Susan L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Iron isotopes; Molybdenum isotopes; Organic ligands; Shale weathering

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BLACK SHALES; BULK ROCKS; DESFERRIOXAMINE; DISSOLUTION RATES; FE ISOTOPES; FE OXIDE; FRACTIONATION EFFECTS; HYDROXAMATE; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LEACHATE SOLUTIONS; MN OXIDES; MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES; OCEAN WATER; ORGANIC LIGANDS; PENNSYLVANIA; SIDEROPHORES; SOIL BACTERIUM; WEATHERING PROCESS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; LIGANDS; MANGANESE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PUBLISHING; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SHALE; SOIL MECHANICS; SORPTION; WEATHERING;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

BACTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LIGAND; MOLYBDENUM; SHALE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WEATHERING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79551612098     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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