Iron deposits and microorganisms in saline sulfidic soils with altered soil water regimes in South Australia

Biomineralization processes of iron and manganese. Modern and ancient environments

Auteurs :
FITZPATRICK, R.W.
NAIDU, R.
SELF, P.G.
SKINNER, H.C.

Description :
The objectives of this paper are to: i) describe the types of gelatinous, red-brown, iron-rich precipitates found in waterlogged surface layers of recently-formed, saline, sulfidic soils and compare these precipitates with those that befoul boreholes in the same area and ii) elucidate the biogeochemical processes of iron mineral formation in both the gelatinous red-brown iron-rich precipitates formed during the wet season and yellowish iron-rich crusts formed in the dry season.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Catena. Supplement (Giessen), issn : 0722-0723, 1992, n°. 21, p. 263-286, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 27 réf.

Date :
1992

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Cremlingen, Catena-Verlag Rohdenburg