Selenium isotope ratios as indicators of selenium sources and oxyanion reduction

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2775-2783

  Johnson, Thomas M ^a   Herbel, Mitchell J ^a,b   Bullen, Thomas D ^a   Zawislanski, Peter T ^c  

^a 245 Nat Hist Bldg MC 102 U   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PROVENANCE; SELENIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 0033428347     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00279-3     Document Type: Article

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