Environmental and botanical controls on peatification - a comparative study of two New Zealand restiad bogs using Py-GC/MS, petrography and fungal analysis

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 3-27

  Kuder, T ^a   Kruge, M A ^b   Shearer, J C ^c   Miller, S L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROGRAPHY; PHENOLIC RESINS; PYROLYSIS;

PEATIFICATION; RESTIADS;

PEAT;

FUNGUS; PEATLAND; PEDOGENESIS; RAISED BOG;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0343869233     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(98)00022-6     Document Type: Article

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