Instrument: Mass Spectrometer

Instrument Short Name: Mass Spec
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB16/)
Instrument Description:

General term for instruments used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions; generally used to find the composition of a sample by generating a mass spectrum representing the masses of sample components.

PI supplied instrument name: Thermo Finnigan Delta XP
Dataset-specific description

Whole sediment samples were analyzed for concentration and isotopic composition of total carbon, organic carbon, and total nitrogen using an elemental combustion system (Costech ECS 4010) connected inline to an isotope-ratio mass spectrometer (Thermo Finnigan Delta XP).