Reconstruction of changes in global sulfur cycling from marine sulfate isotopes

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 59-83

  Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Newton, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global geochemical cycles; Marine sulfate; Oxygen isotopes; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

SULFUR CYCLE;

EID: 33644640414     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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