Structural Investigations: Isotopic Evidence for the Origin and Formation of Refractory Organic Substances

Refractory Organic Substances in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 146-162

  Gleixner, Gerd ^a   Kracht, Oliver ^a   Schmidt, Hanns Ludwig ^b   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulk isotope analysis; Bulk isotopic analyses; Isotopic evidence; Origin and formation; Peat profile of Hohlohsee; Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry isotope ratio mass spectrometry (Py GC MS IRMS); Refractory organic substances; Stable isotope abundances; 13C values of pyrolysis products

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE; ORIGIN AND FORMATION; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; REFRACTORY ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 33644667369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527611195.ch2g     Document Type: Chapter

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