Mystery of the volcanic mass-independent sulfur isotope fractionation signature in the Antarctic ice core

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Pavlov, A A ^a   Mills, M J ^a   Toon, O B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFUR;

ANTARCTIC ICE CORE; SULFUR ISOTOPES; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 25844508913     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022784     Document Type: Article

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