Sulphur isotopes as tracers of the influence of a coal-fired power plant on a Scots pine forest in Catalonia (NE Spain)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 733-745

  Puig, R ^a,b   Avila A ^a   Soler, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Power plant emissions; Sulphate; Sulphur isotopes; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

POWER PLANT EMISSIONS; SULPHATE; SULPHUR ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

COAL; RAIN; SULFATE; SULFUR;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION; NITROGEN; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; THROUGHFALL; TRACER;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CANOPY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FOREST; OXIDATION; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FORESTS; ISOTOPES; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 38649115349     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.09.059     Document Type: Article

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