The ratio of germanium to silicon in plant phytoliths: Quantification of biological discrimination under controlled experimental conditions

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-199

  Blecker, Steve W ^a   King, Stagg L ^b   Derry, Louis A ^b   Chadwick, Oliver A ^c   Ippolito, James A ^d   Kelly, Eugene F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Ge Si; Germanium; Graminoid; Phytolith; Silicon

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMANIUM; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYTOLITH; SILICON;

ACHNATHERUM HYMENOIDES; AGROPYRON; ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; POACEAE; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 35348854445     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9154-7     Document Type: Article

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