Carbon-14 and Carbon-13 in Soil Co<sub>2</sub>

Helmut Dörr, Karl Otto Münnich

Radiocarbon · 1980 · 98 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Carbon isotope measurements in soil CO 2 are presented and discussed. Soil CO 2 concentration and 13 C profiles were measured using a new technique. A simple model describing the CO 2 transport from the soil to the atmosphere is derived. The finding that CO 2 in the soil is richer in 13 C than the CO 2 leaving the soil is attributed to isotopic fractionation in molecular diffusion.

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