Sulfur isotope geochemistry of gypsiferous Aridisols from central Iran

Geoderma

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 195-209

  Khademi, H ^a   Mermut, A R ^b   Krouse, H R ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aridisols; Gypsum; Oxygen stable isotopes; Sulfur stable isotopes; Tethys Sea

Indexed keywords

ARIDISOL; GEOCHEMISTRY; GYPSUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

IRAN;

EID: 0031449421     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00091-8     Document Type: Article

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