Caliche as a geological repository for atmospheric sulfate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Howell, Katie J ^a   Bao, Huiming ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; OZONE LAYER; REACTION KINETICS; SEAWATER;

CARBONATE-ASSOCIATED SULFATE (CAS); GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY; SECONDARY ATMOSPHERIC SULFATE (SAS).; SULFUR GASES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALICHE; CHEMICAL REACTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXIDATION; OZONE; REPOSITORY; ROCK; SEAWATER; SULFATE; SULFUR;

EID: 33845603885     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026518     Document Type: Article

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