Hi Masumi, here are references for method papers on d15N ammonium measurements: Sorensen et al., 1991 Sigman et al. (i think ,1997) Holmes et al., 1998 I have measured d15N of pore water ammonium using these methods, so feel free to write me if you have more questions. Masha ----- Original Message ----- From: Masumi Yamamuro <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, December 26, 2005 12:15 am Subject: [ISOGEOCHEM] 15N of interstitial ammonium To: [log in to unmask] > Greetings! > > I would like to determine the natural abundance of 15N of ammonium in > interstitial water and overlying water in brackish lake. > > I would greatly appreciate any information i.e. literatures, name > of the > expert person, or key words to search papers. Searching with key > words of > "ammonium" and "stable isotope" gave me too much papers of no > relations. > Sincerely, > Masumi > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Masumi YAMAMURO (D Sc) > Institute of Geology and Geoinformation > Geological Survey of Japan > AIST Tsukuba Central 7 > Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8567 Japan > Tel & Fax 81-298-61-3766 > E-mail [log in to unmask] > http://staff.aist.go.jp/m-yamamuro/en_Folder/top_english.html > +++++ Updated on 25 November 2005 +++++ > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >