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Carbon Isotope Composition of Individual Hydrocarbons from Italian Natural Gases

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SINCE the fundamental paper by Craig1 on the geochemistry of the stable carbon isotopes, much work has been done on the determination of carbon isotope distribution in different materials.

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COLOMBO, U., GAZZARRINI, F., SIRONI, G. et al. Carbon Isotope Composition of Individual Hydrocarbons from Italian Natural Gases. Nature 205, 1303–1304 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2051303b0

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