Evidence for incorporation of H2S in groundwater fulvic acids from stable isotope ratios and sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2439-2444

  Einsiedl, Florian ^a   Mayer, Bernhard ^b   Schäfer, Thorsten ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION;

DISSOLVED SULFIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

FULVIC ACID; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; WATER;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; FULVIC ACID; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR CYCLE; WATER CHEMISTRY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DISSOLUTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; OXIDATION; SPECTROSCOPY; XANES SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; X RAY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BENZOPYRANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 41649118060     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7025455     Document Type: Article

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