Chemical characterisation of a 45 million year bark from Geodetic Hills fossil forest, Axel Heiberg Island, Canada

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 419-427

  Staccioli, G ^a   McMillan, N J ^b   Meli, A ^a   Bartolini, G ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Ist Tecnico Industriale T Buzzi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARK STRIPPING; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN;

FOSSIL FORESTS;

WOOD;

BARK; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; HYDROLYSIS; WOOD;

EID: 0036864838     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-002-0144-6     Document Type: Article

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