Methyl halide and chloroform emissions from a subsiding Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta island converted to rice fields

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 977-985

  Khan, M A H ^a   Rhew, R C ^a   Whelan, M E ^a   Zhou, K ^a   Deverel, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hydrofocus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroform; Methyl halides; Rice growth phase; Rice paddies; Twitchell island

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; GROWTH PHASE; METHYL HALIDES; RICE PADDY; TWITCHELL ISLAND;

ISOTOPES; SOILS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

CHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; HALIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROFORM; GROWING SEASON; HALIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; PADDY FIELD;

ARTICLE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH CURVE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; TWITCHELL ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650979165     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.053     Document Type: Article

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