Iron monosulfide enrichment and the presence of organosulfur in eutrophic estuarine sediments

Chemical Geology

Volumn 296-297, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-130

  Morgan, Bree ^a   Burton, Edward D ^b   Rate, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AVS persistence; Eutrophication; Monosulfide; Organosulfur; XANES

Indexed keywords

ACID-VOLATILE SULFIDE; AVS PERSISTENCE; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MONOSULFIDE; ORGANIC DEBRIS; ORGANOSULFUR; ORGANOSULFUR COMPOUNDS; PLANT MATERIAL; PORE WATERS; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SOLID-PHASE; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; XANES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEBRIS; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENRICHMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; POREWATER; PYRITE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE; SULFONATE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84856527883     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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