Variability of sulphur isotope ratios in pyrite and dissolved sulphate in granitoid fractures down to 1km depth - Evidence for widespread activity of sulphur reducing bacteria

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-161

  Drake, Henrik ^a   Åström, Mats E ^a   Tullborg, Eva Lena ^b   Whitehouse, Martin ^c   Fallick, Anthony E ^d  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CALCITE; FRACTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

KALMAR [SWEDEN]; LAXEMAR; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84870276100     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.036     Document Type: Article

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