Article: The process of sulfide oxidation in some acid sulfate soil materials.

Introduction

Acid sulfate soil (ASS) contains iron sulfides or the products of sulfide oxidation (White and Melville 1996). Pyrite (Fe[S.sub.2]) is the most common sulfide in ASS, although other sulfides including marcasite (Fe[S.sub.2]) (Sullivan and Bush 1997; Bush 2000) and iron monosulfides [i.e. amorphous sulfides, mackinawite, and greigite ([Fe.sub.3][S.sub.4])] (Bush and Sullivan 1997; Bush et al. 2000) occur in lesser amounts. These sulfide minerals are generally stable under reducing conditions below the watertable; however, on exposure to the atmosphere the acidity produced as a result of oxidation and the release of oxidation products can affect water ...

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