Mercury isotope fractionation during liquid-vapor evaporation experiments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2693-2711

  Estrade, Nicolas ^a,b   Carignan, Jean ^a   Sonke, Jeroen E ^c   Donard, Olivier F X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHASE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 65249098900     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.01.024     Document Type: Article

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