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Carbon Isotopes in Petroleum Geochemistry

  • Stahl W
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (1979), 274-282
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-67161-6_23
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Abstract

Carbon consists of two stable isotopes, carbon 12 and carbon 13, which differ by the mass of only one neutron in the nucleus. The ratio 13C/12C in organic and inorganic matter is approximately 0.01 and varies up to 10% in nature.

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Stahl, W. J. (1979). Carbon Isotopes in Petroleum Geochemistry. In Lectures in Isotope Geology (pp. 274–282). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67161-6_23

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