The oxidative dissolution of arsenopyrite (FeAsS) and enargite (Cu3AsS4) by Leptospirillum ferrooxidans

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 5616-5633

  Corkhill, C L ^a   Wincott, P L ^a   Lloyd, J R ^a   Vaughan, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 84954358749     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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