Relationship between water discharge and sulfate sources of the Yangtze River inferred from seasonal variations of sulfur and oxygen isotopic compositions》.pdf

Journal of Geochemical Exploration 153 (2015) 30 –39 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Geochemical Exploration journal homepage: www. /locate/jgeoexp Relationship between water discharge and sulfate sources of the Yangtze River inferred from seasonal variations of sulfur and oxygen isotopic compositions Xiaoqian Li, Yiqun Gan ⁎, Aiguo Zhou, Yunde Liu School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Resolving sulfate sources in river systems and thus to the global ocean is important for understanding the sulfur Received 11 July 2014 biogeochemical cycle. The Yangtze River is one of most important large rivers connecting land and sea, showing a Revised 8 February 2015 trend of acidification characterized by persistently increasing SO2 − concentration. A weekly sampling campaign 4 Accepted 21 February 2015 from the middle Yangtze River in Wuhan was conducted, over a 1-year period in 2011, to systematically examine Available online 28 February 2015 the effects of seasonality and associated water discharge on the balance of sulfate sources of the Yangtze River.