Black Carbon and Thermally Altered (Pyrogenic) Organic Matter: Chemical Characteristics and the Role in the Environment

Biophysico-Chemical Processes Involving Natural Nonliving Organic Matter in Environmental Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 273-303

  Knicker, H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black carbon (BC) and thermally altered (pyrogenic) organic matter; PyOM interaction with environment; Quantification of PyOM

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951491224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470494950.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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