δ34S isotope values of dissolved sulfate (SO 42-) as a tracer for battery acid (H2SO 4) contamination in groundwater

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-224

  Pichler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

34S; Florida; Groundwater contamination; Isotope; Sulfur; Tracers; USA

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; SULFURIC ACID;

GULF COAST RECYCLING (GCR) FACILITY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROENVIRONMENT;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TAMPA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12844253357     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1146-5     Document Type: Article

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