Biogeochemistry of metal sulfide oxidation in mining environments, sediments, and soils

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 379, Issue , 2004, Pages 49-62

  Schippers, Axel ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metal sulfide; Microorganisms; Mining environment; Oxidation mechanism; Pyrite; Sulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE OXIDE; METALS; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; OXIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION; POLYSULFIDES; PYRITES; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFITE PROCESS; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; LOW PARTIAL PRESSURES; METAL SULFIDE OXIDATIONS; METAL SULFIDES; MINING ENVIRONMENTS; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; OXIDATION MECHANISMS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MICROORGANISM; MINING; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SULFIDE; SULFUR CYCLE;

EID: 84870917521     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2379-5.49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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