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Four main sulphur forms have been identified and quantified in sediments of the Lac du Bouchet. These forms and, obviously, the total sulphur, present variations that follow those of the organic carbon. At the end of the Würm and during the Late Glacial which were periods of low productivity, sediments have low sulphur contents (<100 μg/g) and the predominant form is the sulphateester fraction. During the Holocene, when the lacustrine and terrestrial biomass had developed, higher sulphur (up to 5500 μg/g) and carbon contents vary concomitantly. In Holocene sediments, the carbon bonded sulphur fraction increases to levels equal to or slightly higher than the sulphate-ester fraction. The mineral forms, identified as adsorbed sulphate and pyrite, represent a minor part of the total sulphur.
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Guillet, B., Maman, O. (1995). Sulphur speciation in the Late Glacial and Holocene sediments of the Lac du Bouchet (Haute Loire, France). In: Organic Matter Accumulation. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 57. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0117673
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