A case for in vivo mass-independent fractionation of mercury isotopes in fish

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Das, Reshmi ^a,b,c   Salters, Vincent J M ^a,b   Odom, A Leroy ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Mass independent fractionation; Mercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049104448     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002617     Document Type: Article

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