Landscape variations in stream water SO42- and δ34SSO4 in a boreal stream network

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4648-4660

  Björkvald, Louise ^a   Giesler, Reiner ^b   Laudon, Hjalmar ^b   Humborg, Christoph ^a   Mörth, Carl Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STREAMWATER; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67650069993     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.05.052     Document Type: Article

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