Abstract
A method for the isotope analysis of fluid inclusion water in speleothem calcite is presented. The technique is based on a commercially available continuous-flow pyrolysis furnace (ThermoFinnigan TC-EA). The main adaptation made to the standard TC-EA configuration is the addition of a crusher and cold trap unit, which is connected to the carrier gas inlet at the top of the TC-EA reactor tube. A series of tests conducted with this device shows that: (1) standard waters, injected in the crusher, and passed through a cryogenic trapping routine, yield accurate δ
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2553-2558 |
Journal | Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (RCM) |
Volume | 20 |
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Publication status | Published - 2006 |