Nitrogen 15-enriched Precambrian kerogen and hydrothermal systems

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Jia, Yiefei ^a,b   Kerrich, Robert ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal systems; Isotopes; Kerogen; Nitrogen; Phanerozoic; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

EID: 14244261451     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000716     Document Type: Article

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