Experimental evidence for rapid biotic and abiotic reduction of Fe (III) at low temperatures in salt marsh sediments: A possible mechanism for formation of modern sedimentary siderite concretions

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1514-1529

  Mortimer, Robert J G ^a   Galsworthy, Amanda M J ^a   Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Wilmot, Lucy E ^a   Newton, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron reduction; Salt marsh; Siderite concretions

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC REDUCTION; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CARBON MINERALIZATION; ELEMENTAL SULPHUR; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FE REDUCTIONS; IRON CYCLE; IRON REDUCTION; KEY COMPONENT; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; SIDERITE CONCRETION; SOLID PHASIS; SULPHIDE OXIDATION; TIME-SCALES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON; EXPERIMENTS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; MINERALOGY; SULFUR; WETLANDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON; IRON; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIDERITE; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052885858     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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