Causes of bulk carbon and nitrogen isotopic fractionations in the products of vegetation burns: Laboratory studies

Chemical Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 181-192

  Turekian, Vaughan C ^a   MacKo, Stephen ^a   Ballentine, Donna ^a   Swap, Robert J ^a   Garstang, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Bulk stable isotope analysis; Vegetation burns

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN;

EID: 0032447227     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00105-3     Document Type: Article

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