Transformation of plant biochemicals to geological macromolecules during early diagenesis

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 336-346

  Fogel, Marilyn L ^a   Tuross, Noreen ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Diagenesis; Marshes; Proteins; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARSH; PLANT;

EID: 0032840813     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050867     Document Type: Article

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