Compositional and source characterization of base progressively extracted humic acids using pyrolytic gas chromatography mass spectrometry

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1455-1468

  Li, Li ^a,b   Jia, Wanglu ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a   Huang, Weilin ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISMS; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

HUMIC ACIDS; IN SITU METHYLATION; PYROLYTIC GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC ACID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEAT;

EID: 33748053976     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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