Analyses of the sulfur isotopic composition (δ34S) of pyrite from methane-bearing sediments have typically focused on bulk samples. Here, we applied secondary ion mass spectroscopy to analyze the δ34S values of various pyrite generations to understand the diagenetic history of pyritization.
Lin, Z., Sun, X., Peckmann, J., Lu, Y., Strauss, H., Xu, L., Lu, H., Teichert, B. M. Preparation of Authigenic Pyrite from Methane-bearing Sediments for In Situ Sulfur Isotope Analysis Using SIMS. J. Vis. Exp. (126), e55970, doi:10.3791/55970 (2017).