Sphalerite oxidation pathways detected by oxygen and sulfur isotope studies

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2247-2259

  Heidel, Claudia ^a   Tichomirowa, Marion ^a   Breitkopf, Cornelia ^b  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COMMON PROCESS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; FIELD DATA; INITIAL PH VALUE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE ENRICHMENTS; OXIDATION MECHANISMS; OXIDATION PATHWAY; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TOXIC TRACE METALS;

EXPERIMENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PH; RIVER POLLUTION; SPHERES; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ZINC SULFIDE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE POLLUTION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PH; RIVER POLLUTION; SPHALERITE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TOXIC MATERIAL; ZINC;

EID: 82155173447     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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