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Characteristic Property of the Formation of Authigenic Minerals in Bottom Sediments of the South Caspian Basin under Hydrogen Sulfide Contamination Conditions

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The paper presents the results of lithological, mineralogical, and geochemical studies of bottom sediments in the central part of the South Caspian Basin. A complex of analytical methods was used to identify authigenic minerals from groups of sulfates, carbonates, and sulfides; study their forms of crystals and aggregates and their composition; and determine the distribution pattern in bottom sediments. The lithological and geochemical data were used to identify the characteristic property of authigenic mineral formation processes in the central part of the South Caspian Basin under hydrogen sulfide contamination conditions.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors would like to thank of A.K. Ambrosimov, A.A. Klyuvitkin, M.D. Kravchishina, N.V. Politova, and A.N. Novigatsky for their help at the expedition stage; L.V. Demina for determining Corg and Ctotal; and V.A. Karlovand M.A. Kovalev for their help in performing scanning electron microscopy.

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Sample preparation and processing, lithological-mineralogical and geochemical studies, and interpretation of the data obtained were supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-77-00015). X-ray diffractometry was performed under a state task of IO RAS (topic no. 0128-2021-0006).

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Kozina, N.V., Reykhard, L.Y., Dara, O.M. et al. Characteristic Property of the Formation of Authigenic Minerals in Bottom Sediments of the South Caspian Basin under Hydrogen Sulfide Contamination Conditions. Oceanology 61, 1006–1015 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437021060254

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