Nitrogen speciation in fine and coarse clay fractions of a Cryoboroll - new evidence from pyrolysis-mass spectrometry and nitrogen K-edge XANES

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-318

  Leinweber, Peter ^a   Jandl, Gerald ^a   Eckhardt, Kai Uwe ^a   Kruse, Jens ^a   Walley, Fran L ^b   Khan, Muhammad Jamil ^c   Blyth, Robert I R ^d   Regier, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

NEXAFS; Organic matter; Pyrolysis mass spectrometry; Soil clay; Synchrotron; X ray absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLAY; CURIE POINT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77951446661     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS09063     Document Type: Article

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