Rare sulfur and triple oxygen isotope geochemistry of volcanogenic sulfate aerosols

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2326-2343

  Bindeman, I N ^a   Eiler, J M ^b   Wing, B A ^c,d   Farquhar, J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CASCADE RANGE; CENTRAL LUZON; EURASIA; MOUNT PINATUBO; MOUNT SAINT HELENS; NORTH AMERICA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; ZAMBALES;

PINATUBO;

EID: 34147171523     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.01.026     Document Type: Article

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