Investigation of the range of carbon and hydrogen isotopes within a global set of gasolines

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 166-176

  O'Sullivan, Gwen ^a   Kalin, Robert M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk isotope analysis; Compound specific isotope analysis; Environmental forensics; Gasoline range hydrocarbons; Isotope fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049097961     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920802119037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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