Extreme fractionation and micro-scale variation of sulphur isotopes during bacterial sulphate reduction in deep groundwater systems

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-18

  Drake, Henrik ^a   Tullborg, Eva Lena ^b   Whitehouse, Martin ^c   Sandberg, Bertil ^d   Blomfeldt, Thomas ^d   Åström, Mats E ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d SWEREA KIMAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROORGANISM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84928784049     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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