Nonbiological fractionation of iron isotopes

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5463, 2000, Pages 126-128

  Anbar, A D ^a   Roe, J E ^a   Barling, J ^a   Nealson, K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON COMPLEX;

IRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; IRON ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034616431     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5463.126     Document Type: Article

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