Mercury isotope fractionation during abiotic transmethylation reactions

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 307, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 214-224

  Malinovsky, D ^a   Vanhaecke, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mass dependent and mass independent isotope effects; MC ICPMS; Photochemical methylation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052963503     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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