Use of Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis to Source Anthropogenic Natural Gas-Derived Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Lagoon Sediment (original) (raw)
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... Carole McRae, Colin E. Snape,* Cheng-Gong Sun, Daniele Fabbri, § Daniele Tartari, § Claudio ... 31 to −62 ) is ascribed mainly to biodegradation rather than to major inputs from sources of isotopically heavy PAH, such as the neighboring modern-day carbon black plants. ...
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