Experimental determination of the equilibrium Fe isotope fractionation between Feaq2+ and FeSm (mackinawite) at 25 and 2°C

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2721-2734

  Guilbaud, Romain ^a,c   Butler, Ian B ^a,c   Ellam, Rob M ^b,c   Rickard, David ^d   Oldroyd, Anthony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Edinburgh Research Partnership in Engineering and Mathematics   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MACKINAWITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE;

EID: 79955078063     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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