Authigenic pyrite formation and re-oxidation as an indicator of an unsteady-state redox sedimentary environment: Evidence from the intertidal mangrove sediments of Hainan Island, China

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-99

  Ding, Hai ^a,b   Yao, Suping ^a   Chen, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Exploration Research Institute Anhui Provincial Bureau of Coal Geology   (China)

Author keywords

Chromium reducible sulfur CRS ; Hainan Island, China; Mangrove swamps; Pyrite framboid size distributions; Reactive iron; Redox condition

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; IRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANGROVE; MORPHOLOGY; PYRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

CHINA; HAINAN;

EID: 84896363406     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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