Methyl ketones in high altitude Ecuadorian Andosols confirm excellent conservation of plant-specific n-alkane patterns

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Jansen, Boris ^a   Nierop, Klaas G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDOSOLS; CARBON PREFERENCE INDICES; CHAIN LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; CHARACTERISTIC PATTERNS; DEGRADATION PROCESSES; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION RATES; HIGH ALTITUDES; IN PLANTS; METHYL KETONES; MINERAL SOILS; SOIL SAMPLES;

DEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; FIRE HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; KETONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEA LEVEL; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; ANDOSOL; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMINANCE; KETONE; RECONSTRUCTION;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57649103667     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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