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: Europa 20-20 or GV Isoprime mass spectrometer
Dataset-specific description

Since 2004, concentrations of organic carbon and nitrogen, as well as their isotopic compositions, have been analyzed by mass spectrometry using either a Europa 20-20 or GV Isoprime mass spectrometer.