Purification of fire derived markers for μg scale isotope analysis (δ13C, δ14C) using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Gierga, Merle ^a   Schneider, Maximilian P W ^b   Wiedemeier, Daniel B ^b   Lang, Susan Q ^a,d   Smittenberg, Rienk H ^c   Hajdas, Irka ^a   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^a   Schmidt, Michael W I ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BENZENE POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; BIOMASS COMBUSTION; CARBON CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MOLECULAR APPROACH; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; RADIOCARBON DATING; WET CHEMICAL OXIDATION;

ISOTOPES;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GENETIC MARKER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PERSISTENCE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESIDENCE TIME;

EID: 84896091566     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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