Hydrogen peroxide treatment effects on the particle size distribution of alluvial and marsh sediments

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-301

  Gray, Andrew B ^a   Pasternack, Gregory B ^a   Watson, Elizabeth B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Laser granulometry; Particle size analysis; Particulate organic material; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHARCOAL; GRANULOMETRY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MARSH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTODETRITUS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649252277     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609350390     Document Type: Article

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