Comparison of metal enrichment in pyrite framboids from a metal-enriched and metal-poor Estuary

American Mineralogist

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 633-644

  Gregory, Daniel ^a   Meffre, Sebastien ^a   Large, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagenetic; Framboid; LA ICPMS; Metal contamination; Pyrite; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ESTUARIES; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; ORE DEPOSITS; PYRITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIAGENETICS; FRAMBOID; LA-ICPMS; METAL CONTAMINATION; TRACE METAL;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DIFFUSION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; GEOACCUMULATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYRITE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AUSTRALIA; DERWENT ESTUARY; HUON ESTUARY; TASMANIA;

EID: 84901335481     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2014.4545     Document Type: Article

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