Mass-independent fractionation of mercury isotopes in the environment

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Ghosh, Sanghamitra ^a   Xu, Yingfeng ^b   Humayun, Munir ^b   Odom, Leroy ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Magnetic spin effect; Mass independent fractionation; Mercury isotope; Nuclear volume effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449129693     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001827     Document Type: Article

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