Carbon isotope behaviour in wood and cellulose during artificial aging

Chemical Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 121-130

  Schleser, G H ^a   Frielingsdorf, J ^a   Blair, A ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beech; Carbon isotopes; Cellulose; Oak; Pine; Sequoia; Tertiary wood; Wood aging

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBON; CELLULOSE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; WOOD;

EID: 0033519577     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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