Fractionation of soil gases by diffusion of water vapor, gravitational settling, and thermal diffusion

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1005-1018

  Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^c   Bender, Michael L ^c   Keeling, Ralph F ^a   Broecker, Wallace S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINE GRAINED SOIL; GROUNDWATER; SAND DUNE; SOIL AIR; SOIL GAS; SOIL WATER VAPOUR; THEORY; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

EID: 0029776555     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00011-7     Document Type: Article

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