Cultivation affects soil organic nitrogen: Pyrolysis-mass spectrometry and nitrogen K-edge XANES spectroscopy evidence

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-92

  Leinweber, Peter ^a   Walley, Fran ^b   Kruse, Jens ^a   Jandl, Gerald ^a   Eckhardt, Kai Uwe ^a   Blyth, Robert I R ^c   Regier, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; AMINES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CYANIDES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDES; PYROLYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANALYTICAL METHODS; CHEMICAL CHANGES; CULTIVATED SOILS; FIELD-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRIES; FINE-STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPIES; N-COMPOUNDS; N-HETEROCYCLES; NATIVE SOILS; NITROGEN K EDGES; ORGANIC NITROGENS; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURES; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRIES; THERMAL VOLATILIZATIONS; THERMALLY STABLES; XANES SPECTROSCOPIES;

SOILS;

IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 60549106047     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0444     Document Type: Article

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