In situ oxygen isotope analysis with an excimer laser using F2 and BrF5 reagents and O2 gas as analyte

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 4229-4234

  Rumble III, Douglas ^a   Farquhar, J ^a   Young, E D ^b   Christensen, C P ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Potomac Photonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; SILICATE;

EID: 0031425727     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00232-9     Document Type: Article

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