title: Sulfur diagenesis in everglades peat and origin of pyrite in coal.
abstract: The pattern of sulfur transformation in peat across the Everglades basin indicates that pyrite formation in organic-rich swamps depends on the use of organic oxysulfur compounds in dissimilatory respiration by sulfur-reducing bacteria. This paragenesis explains the primary distribution of sulfur compounds in low-sulfur coals and possibly in most coals and many organic-rich soils and sediments. It also accounts for the occurrence of framboidal pyrite bound in fossil tissue in coal and sediments.
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Altschuler
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Schnepfe
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Silber
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Simon