The Bremen mass spectrometric facility for the measurement of helium isotopes, neon, and tritium in water

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-95

  Sültenfuß, Jürgen ^a   Roether, Wolfgang ^a   Rhein, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helium 3; Hydrogeology; Isotope measurement methods and equipment; Neon; Oceanography; Tritium; Water

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; ISOTOPE; NEON; TRITIUM;

HELIUM ISOTOPE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEON; OCEANOGRAPHY; TRITIUM;

AIR; ARTICLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEON; TRITIUM; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 62949127002     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010902871929     Document Type: Article

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