Sources of natural and anthropogenic sulphur around the Teruel power station, NE Spain. Inferences from sulphur isotope geochemistry

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-345

  Querol, Xavier ^a   Alastuey, Andres ^a   Chaves, Aura ^a   Spiro, Baruch ^b   Felicia Plana, ^a   Lopez Soler, Angel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric particulates; Mediterranean Basin; Power plant emissions; Sulphate; Sulphur isotopes

Indexed keywords

COAL; ISOTOPE; SULFUR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; POWER PLANT; SULFUR;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; DRY DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033991039     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00188-0     Document Type: Article

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