Sulfur K-edge XANES Spectroscopy as a Tool for Understanding Sulfur Dynamics in Soil Organic Matter

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1721-1731

  Solomon, Dawit ^a   Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Martínez, Carmen Enid ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SULFUR; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

PARTICLE-SIZE SEPARATORS;

SOIL TESTING;

HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUND;

ETHIOPIA; MUNESA; WUSHWUSH;

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 0242592114     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2003.1721     Document Type: Article

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