Influence of production variables and starting material on charcoal stable isotopic and molecular characteristics

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6090-6102

  Ascough, P L ^a   Bird, M I ^a   Wormald, P ^a   Snape, C E ^b   Apperley, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSACCHARIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WOOD;

EID: 56549095197     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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