Water drives the deuterium content of the methane emitted from plants

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3865-3873

  Vigano, I ^a   Holzinger, R ^a   Keppler, F ^b   Greule, M ^b   Brand, W A ^c   Geilmann, H ^c   van Weelden, H ^d   Rockmann T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOMASS; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METHANE; PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 77953688351     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.030     Document Type: Article

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