A compound-specific n-alkane δ13C and δD approach for assessing source and delivery processes of terrestrial organic matter within a forested watershed in northern Japan

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 599-613

  Seki, Osamu ^a   Nakatsuka, Takeshi ^a   Shibata, Hideaki ^a   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOMARKER; C3 PLANT; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CATCHMENT; DEUTERIUM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST SOIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAF; MARSH; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; SOIL WATER; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

BRYOPHYTA; HYMENACHNE;

EID: 70649094357     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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