Decomposition of Juncus seeds in a valley mire (Faroe Islands) over a 900 year period

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-341

  Yeloff, Dan ^a   Blokker, Peter ^b   Bartlett, Sue A ^c   Mauquoy, Dmitri ^d   Rozema, Jelte ^b   van Geel, Bas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLATION; OXIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PYROLYSIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

JUNCUS SEEDS; TETRAMETHYL AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE (TMAH);

SEED;

CELLULOSE; DECOMPOSITION; HERB; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MIRE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PEATLAND; PYROLYSIS; SEED; SUBFOSSIL; VALLEY; WATER TABLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

JUNCUS;

EID: 40149103418     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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