Experimental determination of equilibrium Fe isotopic fractionation between pyrite and dissolved Fe under hydrothermal conditions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-183

  Syverson, Drew D ^a   Borrok, David M ^b   Seyfried, William E ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PH; PYRITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84884555691     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.027     Document Type: Article

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