Chemical and carbon isotopic characteristics of ash and smoke derived from burning of C3 and C4 grasses

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-269

  Das, Oindrila ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Hsieh, Yuch Ping ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; BURNING TEMPERATURE; BURNING TIME; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; PLANT MATERIAL; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT TYPES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMALLY STABLE; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES; WIDE SPECTRUM;

CARBON BLACK; CHARCOAL; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SMOKE;

ASH; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; GRASS; PALEOECOLOGY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SMOKE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

POACEAE;

EID: 74449084833     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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