Method for determination of .sup.18 O/.sup.16 O and .sup.2 H/.sup.1 H ratios and .sup.3 H (tritium) concentrations of xylem waters and subsurface waters using time series sampling
Abstract
A method for determination of .sup.18 O/.sup.16 O and .sup.2 H/.sup.1 H ratios and .sup.3 H concentrations of xylem and subsurface waters using time series sampling, insulating sampling chambers, and combined .sup.18 O/.sup.16 O, .sup.2 H/.sup.1 H and .sup.3 H concentration data on transpired water. The method involves collecting water samples transpired from living plants and correcting the measured isotopic compositions of oxygen (.sup.18 O/.sup.16 O) and hydrogen (.sup.2 H/.sup.1 H and/or .sup.3 H concentrations) to account for evaporative isotopic fractionation in the leafy material of the plant.
- Inventors:
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- 1126 Delaware St., Berkeley, CA 94702
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872639
- Patent Number(s):
- 5979228
- Assignee:
- Smith, Brian (1126 Delaware St., Berkeley, CA 94702);Menchaca, Leticia (1126 Delaware St., Berkeley, CA 94702)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; determination; 18; 16; ratios; tritium; concentrations; xylem; waters; subsurface; time; series; sampling; insulating; chambers; combined; concentration; data; transpired; water; involves; collecting; samples; living; plants; correcting; measured; isotopic; compositions; oxygen; hydrogen; account; evaporative; fractionation; leafy; material; plant; method involves; time series; surface water; water sample; sampling chamber; water samples; isotopic fractionation; method involve; concentration data; involves collecting; isotopic composition; /73/
Citation Formats
Smith, Brian, and Menchaca, Leticia. Method for determination of .sup.18 O/.sup.16 O and .sup.2 H/.sup.1 H ratios and .sup.3 H (tritium) concentrations of xylem waters and subsurface waters using time series sampling. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web.
Smith, Brian, & Menchaca, Leticia. Method for determination of .sup.18 O/.sup.16 O and .sup.2 H/.sup.1 H ratios and .sup.3 H (tritium) concentrations of xylem waters and subsurface waters using time series sampling. United States.
Smith, Brian, and Menchaca, Leticia. Fri .
"Method for determination of .sup.18 O/.sup.16 O and .sup.2 H/.sup.1 H ratios and .sup.3 H (tritium) concentrations of xylem waters and subsurface waters using time series sampling". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872639.
@article{osti_872639,
title = {Method for determination of .sup.18 O/.sup.16 O and .sup.2 H/.sup.1 H ratios and .sup.3 H (tritium) concentrations of xylem waters and subsurface waters using time series sampling},
author = {Smith, Brian and Menchaca, Leticia},
abstractNote = {A method for determination of .sup.18 O/.sup.16 O and .sup.2 H/.sup.1 H ratios and .sup.3 H concentrations of xylem and subsurface waters using time series sampling, insulating sampling chambers, and combined .sup.18 O/.sup.16 O, .sup.2 H/.sup.1 H and .sup.3 H concentration data on transpired water. The method involves collecting water samples transpired from living plants and correcting the measured isotopic compositions of oxygen (.sup.18 O/.sup.16 O) and hydrogen (.sup.2 H/.sup.1 H and/or .sup.3 H concentrations) to account for evaporative isotopic fractionation in the leafy material of the plant.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1999},
month = {1}
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Works referenced in this record:
Hydrogen Isotopic Fractionation of Water Passing through Trees
book, January 1970
- Wershaw, R. L.; Friedman, Irving; Heller, S. J.
- Advances in Organic Geochemistry