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Carbon-13 in black sea waters and implications for the origin of hydrogen sulfide.

W. G. Deuser
- 26 Jun 1970 - 
- Vol. 168, Iss: 3939, pp 1575-1577
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The contribution of organic sulfur to the hydrogen sulfide lies between 3 and 5 percent and increases with depth, likely causes for the increase are increasing productivity or upward movement of the anoxic zone during the facts last 2000 year.
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A combination of measurements of carbon-13 and the hydrogen sulfide content in Black Sea waters with available data on the total carbon dioxide in these waters indicates that the contribution of organic sulfur to the hydrogen sulfide lies between 3 and 5 percent and increases with depth. Likely causes for the increase are increasing productivity or upward movement of the anoxic zone during the facts last 2000 year.

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Isotopic standards for carbon and oxygen and correction factors for mass-spectrometric analysis of carbon dioxide

TL;DR: In this paper, Niee's and Solenhofen standards were compared to the Chicago PDB standard for carbon and oxygen isotope ratios, and the correction factors for instrumental effects and for the nature of the mass spectra were derived.
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Isotopic evidence for diminishing supply of available carbon during diatom bloom in the Black Sea.

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