Chemical and isotopic evaluation of sulfur sources and cycling in the Pecos River, New Mexico, USA

Chemical Geology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-22

  Yuan, Fasong ^a   Mayer, Bernhard ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Dryland ecosystem; Oxygen isotopes; Pecos River; Sulfur cycling; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ARTESIAN; AVERAGE VALUES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DRYLAND; EVAPORITE DISSOLUTION; EVAPORITES; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NEW MEXICO; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PERMIAN; RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RIVER WATER; SOIL PROCESSING; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFIDE OXIDATION; SULFUR ISOTOPES; SULFUR SOURCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

RIVERS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLORIDE; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

NEW MEXICO; PECOS RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PECOS;

EID: 83155178583     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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