A redetermination of the isotopic abundances of atmospheric Ar

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4507-4512

  Lee, Jee Yon ^a,b,e   Marti, Kurt ^b   Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^c   Kawamura, Kenji ^c,d   Yoo, Hee Soo ^a   Lee, Jin Bok ^e   Kim, Jin Seog ^e  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 33747776125     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.1563     Document Type: Article

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