Widespread contamination of carbonate-associated sulfate by present-day secondary atmospheric sulfate: Evidence from triple oxygen isotopes

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 815-818

  Peng, Yongbo ^a   Bao, Huiming ^b   Pratt, Lisa M ^a   Kaufman, Alan J ^c   Jiang, Ganqing ^d   Boyd, Dustin ^b   Wang, Qinxian ^b   Zhou, Chuanming ^e   Yuan, Xunlai ^e   Xiao, Shuhai ^f   Loyd, Sean ^g  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PYRITES; SEAWATER; WEATHERING;

ACID DIGESTION; CARBONATE-ASSOCIATED SULFATES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; OXYGEN CYCLE; RE-EVALUATION; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; TRIPLE OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; TRIPLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBONATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OUTCROP; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PYRITE; SEAWATER; SULFATE;

CHINA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84906683893     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35852.1     Document Type: Article

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