Isotope evidence for secondary sulfide precipitation along the Marsyandi River, Nepal, Himalayas

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-46

  Turchyn, Alexandra V ^a   Tipper, Edward T ^b   Galy, Albert ^a   Lo, Jun Kai ^a   Bickle, Mike J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marsyandi River; Nepal; Oxygen isotopes; Sulfate; Sulfide; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

NEPAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CATCHMENTS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SULFUR; WEATHERING;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACIDITY; CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; RIVER SYSTEM; SULFATE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

GANDAKI; MARSYANDI RIVER; NEPAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84880600864     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.033     Document Type: Article

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