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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: Jäger, E., Hunziker, J.C. (eds) Lectures in Isotope Geology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67161-6_23
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