On the contribution of anthropogenic Cl to the increase in δ13C of atmospheric methane

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Wang, James S ^a   McElroy, Michael B ^a   Spivakovsky, Clarissa M ^a   Jones, Dylan B A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Chlorine; Fractionation; Isotopic composition; Methane; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHLORIDE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0036770933     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001572     Document Type: Article

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