Rhizoliths in loess - evidence for post-sedimentary incorporation of root-derived organic matter in terrestrial sediments as assessed from molecular proxies

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1198-1206

  Gocke, M ^a   Kuzyakov, Y ^a   Wiesenberg, G L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANY; GLACIAL PERIOD; GRASS VEGETATIONS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT BIOMASS; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; QUATERNARY CLIMATE; RHIZODEPOSITION; RHIZOLITH; ROOT BIOMASS; SEDIMENTARY INPUT; TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTS; WOODY VEGETATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; LOESS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PHYTOMASS; QUATERNARY; RHIZOLITH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; VEGETATION COVER;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; NUSSLOCH;

EID: 77957857897     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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