34S tracer study of pollutant sulfate behaviour in a lowland peatland

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-275

  Bartlett, Rebecca ^a   Bottrell, Simon H ^a   Coulson, Jonathan P ^a,b   Lee, John ^b   Forbes, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

34S isotope; Peatland; Sulfur geochemistry; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FIELDWORK; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; POREWATER; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ENGLAND; THORNE MOOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 76149140460     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9335-7     Document Type: Article

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