Isotopic evidence for the origin of sulphate in coastal rain

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-59

  Wadleigh, M A ^a   Schwarcz, H P ^b   Kramer, J R ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORY; DISSOLVED SULPHATE RAINFALL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OCEANIC DISSOLVED SULPHATE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; SULPHUR ISOTOPE;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, SHELBURNE;

EID: 0029730545     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v48i1.15665     Document Type: Article

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