Nature of organic carbon and nitrogen in physically protected organic matter of some Australian soils as revealed by solid-state 13C and 15N NMR spectroscopy

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-127

  Knicker, H ^a   Skjemstad, J O ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charred material; Soil organic nitrogen; UV photo oxidation

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECTROSCOPY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034100253     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR99024     Document Type: Article

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