Post-glacial variations in distributions, 13C and 14C contents of aliphatic hydrocarbons and bulk organic matter in three types of British acid upland soils

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-287

  Huang, Yongsong ^a   Bol, Roland ^b   Harkness, Douglas D ^b   Ineson, Philip ^c   Eglinton, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acid upland soils; aliphatic hydrocarbons in soils; radiocarbon dating of soils

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

ACID UPLAND SOILS; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; BULK ORGANIC MATTER; HOPANOIDS; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; POST GLACIAL VARIATIONS; RADIOCARBON DATING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON-13; ORGANIC MATTER; PODZOL; RADIOCARBON DATING; UPLAND SOIL; VEGETATION;

UK;

EID: 0030302296     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(96)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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