Quantifying sulfate components and their variations in soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Bao, Huiming ^a   Marchant, David R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LINEAR EQUATIONS; SOILS; SULFURIC ACID;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SOIL PROFILE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 33847157341     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006669     Document Type: Article

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