Sulphur isotopic ratios in mosses indicating atmospheric sulphur sources in Southern Chinese mountainous areas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Xiao, Hua Yun ^a   Tang, Cong Guo ^a   Liu, Xue Yan ^a   Xiao, Hong Wei ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; SULFUR;

ACIDIC DEPOSITIONS; AIR MASSES; CHANGING TRENDS; CLOUD WATERS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MOUNTAINOUS AREAS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; SOUTH CHINAS; SULPHUR SOURCES; WEST CHINAS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOSS; MOUNTAIN REGION; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 57749194858     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034255     Document Type: Article

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