Comparison of solid-state carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance and organic matter biomarkers for assessing soil organic matter degradation

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 268-276

  Simpson, Myrna J ^a   Otto, Angelika ^a,b   Feng, Xiaojuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMARKERS; DEGRADATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMARKERS; DEGRADATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL SURVEYS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOLID;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349098511     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0045     Document Type: Article

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