Dissolved sulfide-catalyzed precipitation of disordered dolomite: Implications for the formation mechanism of sedimentary dolomite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-165

  Zhang, Fangfu ^a   Xu, Huifang ^a   Konishi, Hiromi ^a   Kemp, Joshua M ^a   Roden, Eric E ^a   Shen, Zhizhang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CARBONATE; CATALYST; DOLOMITE; FORMATION MECHANISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDUCTION; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE;

EID: 84867051736     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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