Formation and burial of pyrite and organic sulfur in mud sediments of the East China Sea inner shelf: Constraints from solid-phase sulfur speciation and stable sulfur isotope

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-36

  Zhu, Mao Xu ^a   Shi, Xiao Ning ^a   Yang, Gui Peng ^a   Hao, Xiao Chen ^a  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfide; East China Sea; Elemental sulfur; Organic sulfur; Pyrite; Stable sulfur isotope

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ALGAL BLOOM; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MUD; ORGANIC MATTER; PRESERVATION; PYRITE; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 84873115580     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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