Multiple sulfur isotope constraints on the modern sulfur cycle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 396, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-21

  Tostevin, Rosalie ^a   Turchyn, Alexandra V ^b   Farquhar, James ^c   Johnston, David T ^d   Eldridge, Daniel L ^c   Bishop, James K B ^e   McIlvin, Matthew ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Multiple sulfur isotopes; Pyrite flux; Sulfate reduction; Sulfur cycle; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PYRITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPES; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFUR CYCLES; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

SULFUR;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; PYRITE; SEAWATER; SULFUR CYCLE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER DEPTH; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); BURIAL DIAGENESIS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84913529276     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.057     Document Type: Article

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