Identifying sources and processes controlling the sulphur cycle in the Canyon Creek watershed, Alberta, Canada

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-104

  Nightingale, Michael ^a   Mayer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Canada; Canyon Creek; hydrogen 2; isotope biogeochemistry; isotope ecology; isotope hydrology; oxygen 18; sulphate; sulphide; sulphur cycling; sulphur 34

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ANHYDRITE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ALBERTA; FRESH WATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SULFATES; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR ISOTOPES; WATER SUPPLY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CANYON CREEK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858427826     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2011.631704     Document Type: Article

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