Sites of anomalous organic remineralization in the carbonate sediments of South Florida, USA: The sulfur cycle and carbonate-associated sulfate

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 379, Issue , 2004, Pages 161-176

  Lyons, Timothy W ^a   Walter, Lynn M ^b   Gellatly, Anne M ^a   Martini, Anna M ^c   Blake, Ruth E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate sediments; Carbonate associated sulfate; Diagenesis; Geochemistry; Seawater proxy; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LIME; METASTABLE PHASES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE-ASSOCIATED SULFATES; DIAGENESIS; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER OXIDATION; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DIAGENESIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; REMINERALIZATION; REWORKING; SEAWATER; SULFATE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870873554     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2379-5.161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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