Preliminary Measurements of Biogenic Sulfur-Containing Gas Emissions From Soils

Biogenic Sulfur Gas Emissions from Soils in Eastern and Southeastern United States

“…The measured flux ranged from 0.01 to 100 g S/ m 2 /yr. These data compare with similar measurements made at the same location by Adams, et al 9 ' 10 in 1977 and 1978, which showed the total biogenic flux to be in the range of 0.02 to 1940 g S/m/yr.…”

“…Jaeschke, et al 21 measured a surface flux equivalent to 0.04 g S/m 2 /yr over tide flats and swamps in Denmark. Adams, et al 9 > 10 computed an average sulfur flux of 0.03 g S/m 2 /yr from measurements conducted at 27 locales in eastern and southeastern United States east of the Mississippi River-a study area of 3.58 X 10 6 km 2 . All of these data are in reasonable accord with the Granat, et al 22 • the most appropriate experimental procedures to quantify sulfur compound emissions from the wide variety of natural sources; and • how do anthropogenic sources compare with biogenic sources in determining the overall atmospheric sulfur budget.…”

Emission of dimethyl sulfide, carbonyl sulfide, and carbon bisulfide from paddy fields

“…Large variations of the annual emission rate have been recorded in land, ranging from 5 to 77 Tg S (Aneja 1990). Biogenic sulfur emission sources for the land ecosystem have been analyzed in soil (Adams et al 1979(Adams et al , 1981Staubes et al 1989), vegetation , both soil and vegetation (Goldan et al 1987;Lamb et al 1987;Mactaggart et al 1987), and freshwater (Bechard and Rayburn 1979;Nriagu and Holdway 1989). Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbonyl sulfide (COS), carbon disulfide (CS2), methyl mercaptan (CH3SH), DMS, and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) are known to be emitted from the soil (Minami 1982).…”

Volatilization of carbonyl sulfide from paddy soils treated with sulfur-containing substances

“…Recently, ADAMS et a!. (6) studied the composition and flux of sulfur gases from various soils in which they detected COS emission from Alfisol, Inceptisol, saline swamp, saline marsh and alluvial clay soils. In most of the paddy soils studied here, we also found release of COS under aerobic and waterlogged conditions ( Table 3).…”

“…More recent researchers, however, have shown that organic sulfur compounds such as dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, methyl mercaptan, carbonyl sulfide (COS) and carbon disulfide (CS 2 ) are also emitted from soils (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9). LovELOCK et a!.…”