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International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences Volume 3 (2018), Article ID 3:IJEES-149, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2018/149
Original Article
In-Situ Measurement of Forrest Soil Gases using Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

Timothy L. Porter1* and T. Randall Dillingham2

1University of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA
2Northern Arizona University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA
Prof. Timothy L. Porter, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA; E-mail: tim.porter@unlv.edu
10 January 2018; 03 March 2018; 05 March 2018
Porter TL, Dillingham TR (2018) In-Situ Measurement of Forrest Soil Gases using Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry. Int J Earth Environ Sci 3: 149. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2018/149

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