Sources of stream water sulfate during the spring snowmelt in boreal streams: Evidence from δ34S isotope measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mörth, Carl Magnus ^a   Laudon, Hjalmar ^b,c   Mellqvist, Elin ^a   Torssander, Peter ^a   Giesler, Reiner ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SNOWMELT; STREAMFLOW; STREAMWATER; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 50549103864     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000457     Document Type: Article

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