Unusual fractionation of both odd and even mercury isotopes in precipitation from Peterborough, ON, Canada

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 90, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-46

  Chen, JiuBin ^a,b   Hintelmann, Holger ^b   Feng, XinBin ^a   Dimock, Brian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOPAUSE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PETERBOROUGH [ONTARIO];

EID: 84861879265     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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