Discrimination of sulfur sources in pristine and polluted New Zealand river catchments using stable isotopes

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-319

  Robinson, Brian W ^a   Bottrell, Simon H ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE WATER; RIVER WATER; SULPHUR;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030747809     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(96)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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