[U. S. Geological Survey]

Chapter 15

Use of Stable Isotopes in Evaluating Sulfur Biogeochemistry of Forest Ecosystems

Myron J. Mitchell, H. Roy Krouse, Bernhard Mayer, Alan C. Stam and Yimin Zhang



Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology (1998), C. Kendall and J. J. McDonnell (Eds.)
Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 489-518.



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