The occurrence of short chain n-alkanes with an even over odd predominance in higher plants and soils

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-95

  Kuhn, Thomas K ^a   Krull, Evelyn S ^a   Bowater, Amy ^b   Grice, Kliti ^b   Gleixner, Gerd ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOURCES; BUSHFIRES; CARBON AND HYDROGENS; CENTRAL QUEENSLAND , AUSTRALIA; CO-OCCURRENCE; DIAGENETICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND SOILS; HIGHER PLANTS; LONG CHAIN N-ALKANES; N-ALKANES; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; QUEENSLAND; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL SAMPLE; STUDY SITES; THERMAL BREAKDOWN; WOODY VEGETATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRASSLAND; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PAH; PYROLYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EMBRYOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 74149087264     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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