Equilibrium clumped-isotope effects in doubly substituted isotopologues of ethane

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 197, Issue , 2017, Pages 14-26

  Webb, Michael A ^a   Wang, Yimin ^b   Braams, Bastiaan J ^b   Bowman, Joel M ^b   Miller, Thomas F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clumped isotope geochemistry; Equilibrium isotope effects; Ethane; Path integral methods; Vibrational anharmonicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ETHANE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCARBON; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 84994054759     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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