Determination of black carbon by chemical oxidation and thermal treatment in recent marine and lake sediments and Cretaceous-Tertiary clays

Chemical Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 143-154

  Lim, Bo ^a   Cachier, Hélène ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DICHROMATE OXIDATION; BLACK CARBON; LAKE SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; THERMAL TREATMENT;

EID: 0030465577     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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