A capillary-column Chromatographic system for efficient chlorofluorocarbon measurement in ocean waters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue C8, 1998, Pages 15959-15970

  Bulsiewicz, Klaus ^a   Rose, Henning ^a   Klatt, Olaf ^a   Putzka, Alfred ^a   Roether, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CFC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 0032528597     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00140     Document Type: Article

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