Chemical characterization of microbial-dominated soil organic matter in the Garwood Valley, Antarctica

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6485-6498

  Feng, Xiaojuan ^a   Simpson, André J ^a   Gregorich, Edward G ^b   Elberling, Bo ^c,d   Hopkins, David W ^e,f   Sparrow, Ashley D ^g   Novis, Philip M ^h   Greenfield, Lawrence G ⁱ   Simpson, Myrna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^h LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALKANE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; LICHEN; LIPID; MOSS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GARWOOD VALLEY; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77957888269     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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