Dissolved organic matter and its parent organic matter in grass upland soil horizons studied by analytical pyrolysis techniques

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Huang, Y ^a,e   Eglinton, G ^a   Van Der Hage, E R E ^b   Boon, J J ^b   Bol, R ^c   Ineson, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; FURAN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRASS; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION; PYROLYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION;

EID: 0031968753     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.1998.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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