Radiocarbon dating of soil organic matter

Quaternary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 282-288

  Wang, Yang ^a,c   Amundson, Ronald ^a   Trumbore, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIED SOIL; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL; SOIL FORMATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 0030426723     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0029     Document Type: Article

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