Determination and application of the equilibrium oxygen isotope effect between water and sulfite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 694-711

  Wankel, Scott D ^a,b   Bradley, Alexander S ^c   Eldridge, Daniel L ^d   Johnston, David T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84891371988     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.039     Document Type: Article

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