The carbon stable isotope biogeochemistry of streams, Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-36

  Lyons, W B ^a   Leslie, D L ^a   Harmon, R S ^b   Neumann, K ^c   Welch, K A ^a   Bisson, K M ^a   McKnight, D M ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGE; CARBON STABLE ISOTOPES; EPHEMERAL STREAMS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; TRANSECT SAMPLING;

GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

LANDFORMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EPHEMERAL STREAM; GLACIAL LAKE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; ICE COVER; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MELTWATER; OVERLAND FLOW; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW; SUBSTRATE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE BONNEY [EAST ANTARCTICA]; LAKE FRYXELL; LAKE HOARE; LAKE VANDA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; ONYX RIVER; TAYLOR VALLEY; WRIGHT VALLEY;

ONYX; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84876344880     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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