Isotope-ratio-monitoring gas chromatography methods for high-precision isotopic analysis of nanomole quantities of silicate nitrogen

Chemical Geology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Bebout, Gray E ^a   Idleman, Bruce D ^a   Li, Long ^a   Hilkert, Andreas ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carrier gas; Mass spectrometry; Nitrogen isotopes; Oceanic basalt

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; SILICATE;

EID: 34147175570     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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