Stable isotope fractionation during ultraviolet photolysis of N2O

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4489-4492

  Rahn, Thom ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Wahlen, Martin ^a   Blake, Geoffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DISTILLATION; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS;

DIFFUSIVE MIXING PROCESS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION PROCESS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLYSIS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GREENHOUSE FORCING; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LABORATORY STUDIES; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION; STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES;

FRACTIONATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOTOLYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032535365     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900186     Document Type: Article

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