A detailed pyrolysis-GC/MS analysis of a black carbon-rich acidic colluvial soil (Atlantic ranker) from NW Spain

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2395-2405

  Kaal, Joeri ^a   Martínez Cortizas, Antonio ^b   Nierop, Klaas G J ^c   Buurman, Peter ^d  

^a CSIC XUGA Instituto de Estudios Gallegos Padre Sarmiento IEGPS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; SOILS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

APPLIED (CO); ATLANTIC; BENZONITRILE; BLACK CARBON (BC); COLLUVIAL SOILS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MATTER; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HOLOCENE; MOLECULAR LEVELS; ORGANIC MATTER (OM); PEAK AREAS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); PYROLYSATES; PYROLYSIS GC/MS; PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; SOIL EVOLUTION (SE); SOIL LAYERING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM); STRUCTURAL INFORMATIONS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACID SOIL; BLACK CARBON; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SORPTION;

EID: 48049098181     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.02.026     Document Type: Article

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