History and applications of mass-independent isotope effects
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The history of the field as well as all of the various applications since the first report of the mass-independent isotope effect is reviewed. There are numerous new frontiers open utilizing mass-independent isotopic fractionations and compositions as a highly specific probe of nature with advances in the ability to measure nanomolar-sized samples and to perform isotope ratio measurements.
Publication Name: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0084-6597
Year: 2006
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Metal stable isotopes in paleoceanography
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The basis of stable isotope fractination as it applies to elements like Fe, Mo, Zn, Cu and Tl in paleoceanography is described. The metal stable isotopes have potential to throw light on temporal and spatial changes in both metal cycling and ocean oxygenation through time and these can be used as paleoredox proxies.
Publication Name: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0084-6597
Year: 2007
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Hydrogen isotopic (D/H) composition of organic matter during diagenesis and thermal maturation
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The experimental and field data that document a progressive increase in the hydrogen isotopic (D/H) ratio of most organic hydrogen at the bulk and molecular levels is reviewed. It is suggested that the transfer of hydrogen from water to organic is the most important mechanism leading to those changes.
Publication Name: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0084-6597
Year: 2006
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