Long-term analysis of Hubbard Brook stable oxygen isotope ratios of streamwater and precipitation sulfate

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 443-454

  Miles, Gretchen R ^a   Mitchell, Myron J ^a   Mayer, Bernhard ^b   Likens, Gene ^c   Welker, Jeffrey ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Hubbard Brook; Precipitation; S cycling; Streamwater

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE WATER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SAMPLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER;

HUBBARD BROOK; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864682536     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9670-3     Document Type: Article

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