Atmospheric helium isotope ratio: Possible temporal and spatial variations

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4893-4901

  Sano, Yuji ^a   Furukawa, Yukiko ^a   Takahata, Naoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; RESIDENCE TIME; SLAG; SPATIAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 77955090552     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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