Technical Note: Isotopic corrections for the radiocarbon composition of CO<sub>2</sub> in the soil gas environment must account for diffusion and diffusive mixing

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3197-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3197-2019

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Technical note

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28 Aug 2019

Technical note |

| 28 Aug 2019

Technical Note: Isotopic corrections for the radiocarbon composition of CO₂ in the soil gas environment must account for diffusion and diffusive mixing

Jocelyn E. Egan, David R. Bowling, and David A. Risk

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Short summary

Traditionally a mass-dependent correction is made when measuring the radiocarbon composition in...