A novel pathway of soil organic matter formation by selective preservation of resistant straight-chain biopolymers: Chemical and isotope evidence

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 411-415

  Lichtfouse, Éric ^a   Chenu, Claire ^b   Baudin, François ^c   Leblond, Claudette ^d   Da Silva, Martine ^d   Behar, Françoise ^d   Derenne, Sylvie ^c   Largeau, Claude ^c   Wehrung, Patrick ^e   Albrecht, Pierre ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE SOLS ET ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

13C of soil alkanes; NMR; Pyrolysis of humin; Resistant aliphatic biopolymer

Indexed keywords

HUMIN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSYNTHESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; SOILS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032565280     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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