Determination of the abundance and carbon isotope composition of elemental carbon in sediments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3413-3423

  Bird, Michael I ^a   Gröcke, Darren R ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION;

EID: 0031437522     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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