Chemical and isotopic characteristics of weathering and nitrogen release in non-glacial drainage waters on Arctic tundra

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4188-4205

  Tye, A M ^a,b   Heaton, T H E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DRAINAGE WATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR; TUNDRA SOIL; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 34548191302     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.06.040     Document Type: Article

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