Carbon-13 solid-state NMR of soil organic matter - Using the technique effectively

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2001, Pages 255-270

  Preston, Caroline M ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C CPMAS NMR; Bloch decay; Dipolar dephasing; Soil organic matter; Spinning sidebands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001102779     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/s00-074     Document Type: Review

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