Stable sulfur isotope effects related to local intense sulfate reduction in a tidal sandflat (southern North Sea): Results from loading experiments

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-129

  Bottcher M E ^a   Rusch, A ^a   Hopner T ^a   Brumsack, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black spots; Carbon isotopes; Loading experiment; Sandy sediment; Sulfate reduction; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001576327     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256019808036363     Document Type: Article

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