The geochemistry of the stable carbon isotopes

Craig, Harmon

doi:10.1016/0016-7037(53)90001-5

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The geochemistry of the stable carbon isotopes

Craig, Harmon·1953·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

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For carbon isotopes, laboratory experiments suggest a KFF between -13.7 ±0.1‰ and -17.2 ±0.6‰.
“For carbon isotopes, laboratory experiments suggest a KFF between -13.7 ±0.1‰ and -17.2 ±0.6‰ (Table 7, Fig. 13a, Craig, 1953; Usdowski and Hoefs, 1986; Clark et al., 1992; Dietzel et al., 2009; Böttcher et al., 2018)”
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Authors: Craig, H.
Affiliations: University of Chicago (US)
Corresponding author: Craig, Harmon
Venue: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1953-02
Volume: 3
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 53-92
ISSN: 0016-7037 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(53)90001-5
OpenAlex: W1990783861
Cited by: 1,965
References: 47
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FWCI: 49.10
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
Keywords: stable carbon isotopes, terrestrial organic carbon, carbonate rocks, marine organic carbon, atmospheric CO2, fossil wood, coal, limestone, petroleum origin, black shales, graphite, diamond, igneous rock, Yellowstone National Park, meteorites, isotope fractionation, cementite

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