Organic carbon concentration profiles in recent cave sediments: Records of agricultural pollution or diagenesis?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-332

  Bottrell, Simon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERTILIZER; ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; MINERALIZATION; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030065577     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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