Origins of sulphate in Antarctic dry-valley soils as deduced from anomalous 17O compositions

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6803, 2000, Pages 499-502

  Bao, Hulming ^a   Campbell, Douglas A ^a   Bockheim, James G ^b   Thiemens, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

EID: 0034727070     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35035054     Document Type: Article

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