Nitrate production beneath a High Arctic glacier, Svalbard

Chemical Geology

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 88-102

  Wynn, P M ^a   Hodson, A J ^a   Heaton, T H E ^b   Chenery, S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geologic nitrogen; Microbiological activity; Nitrogen isotopes; Oxygen isotopes; Subglacial drainage

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; IONIZATION; MASS BALANCE; MELTWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 34548397565     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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