Chemical characteristics and δ34S-SO42- of acid rain: Anthropogenic sulfate deposition and its impacts on CO2 consumption in the riral karst area of southwest China

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 625-638

  Ding, Hu ^a   Lang, Yun Chao ^a   Liu, Cong Qiang ^a   Liu, Tao Ze ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

carbonate weathering; chemical composition; karst; rainwater; southwest China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962107801     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0293     Document Type: Article

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