Origin of reduced sulphur in sediment-hosted stratiform sulphide deposits, Fore-Sudetic Monocline, Poland

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1998

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Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Rospondek, M.J.
Koster, J.
Leeuw, J.W. de

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Abstract

Organic geochemical investigations of Kupferschiefer samples from Fore-Sudetic Monocline, Poland, revealed that organic sulphur compounds such as benzothiophenes, dibenzothiophenes and benzonaphthothiophenes arc common constituents of this sediment. Considering the presence of these residual sulphur compounds and many inconsistencies among the existing opinions on reduced sulphur provenience in sediment-hosted stratiform sulphide deposits, a complementary source of reduced sulphur in metal sulphides is proposed.

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organic sulphur compounds, dibenzothiophenes, benzonaphthothiophenes, benzobisbenzothiophenes, Kupferschiefer, copper deposits

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