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Cliff SS, Thiemens MH. The 18O/16O and 17O/16O ratios in atmospheric nitrous oxide: A mass-independent anomaly . Science. 1997;278(5344):1774-6doi: 10.1126/science.278.5344.1774.
Cliff, S. S., & Thiemens, M. H. (1997). The 18O/16O and 17O/16O ratios in atmospheric nitrous oxide: A mass-independent anomaly . Science (New York, N.Y.), 278(5344), 1774-6. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.278.5344.1774
Cliff, and Thiemens. "The 18O/16O and 17O/16O ratios in atmospheric nitrous oxide: A mass-independent anomaly ." Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 278,5344 (1997): 1774-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.278.5344.1774
Cliff SS, Thiemens MH. The 18O/16O and 17O/16O ratios in atmospheric nitrous oxide: A mass-independent anomaly . Science. 1997 Dec 05;278(5344):1774-6. doi: 10.1126/science.278.5344.1774. PMID: 9388174.
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Science. 1997 Dec 05;278(5344):1774-6. doi: 10.1126/science.278.5344.1774.

The 18O/16O and 17O/16O ratios in atmospheric nitrous oxide: A mass-independent anomaly .

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Cliff, Thiemens

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0356, USA.

PMID: 9388174 DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5344.1774

Abstract

Measurements of the oxygen isotope ratios (18O/16O and 17O/16O) in atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) from La Jolla, Pasadena, and the White Mountain Research Station (elevation, 3801 meters) in California and the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico show that N2O has a mass-independent composition. These data suggest the presence of a previously undefined atmospheric process. The La Jolla samples can be explained by a mixing between an atmospherically derived source of mass-independent N2O and biologically derived mass-dependent N2O. Possible origins of the mass-independent anomaly in N2O are discussed.

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