A new class of oxygen isotopic fractionation in photodissociation of carbon dioxide: Potential implications for atmospheres of Mars and Earth

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1459-1462

  Bhattacharya, Sourendra K ^a,b   Savarino, Joël ^a   Thiemens, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

CARBON; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ISOTOPES; ORBITS; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOLYSIS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC; REPULSIVE POTENTIALS; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; UV WAVELENGTH; VIBRATIONAL LEVELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0034522904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010793     Document Type: Article

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