Mass-independent isotopic signatures of volcanic sulfate from three supereruption ash deposits in Lake Tecopa, California

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 102-114

  Martin, Erwan ^a   Bindeman, Ilya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; isotopic mass independence; oxygen and sulfur isotopes; ozone depletion; sulfate; supereruption

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENTS; ASH DEPOSITS; ASH LAYERS; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA , USA; CHEMICAL DEGRADATIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC MASS-INDEPENDENCE; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MIXING MODELS; OZONE DEPLETION; SALINE LAKES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SULFATE; SUPERERUPTION; VOLCANIC ASHES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GYPSUM; ISOTOPES; LAKES; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

OZONE LAYER;

AEROSOL; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; STRATOSPHERE; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANIC ASH;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TECOPA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349260402     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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