Optimizing the weight loss-on-ignition methodology to quantify organic and carbonate carbon of sediments from diverse sources

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 241-257

  Wang, Qingren ^a,b   Li, Yuncong ^a,b   Wang, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Inorganic; Organic; Sediments; Weight loss on ignition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; CALCIMETER; COMBUSTION METHOD; COMBUSTION TIME; CONTENT DETERMINATION; DRY COMBUSTION; EXPOSURE-TIME; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INORGANIC; INORGANIC CARBON; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN-SULFUR; OPTIMAL COMBINATION; OPTIMAL WEIGHT; ORGANIC; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; RIVER SITES; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENT SOURCES; STANDARD SAMPLES; STREAM SEDIMENTS; SUBTRACTION METHOD; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT LOSS ON IGNITION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBONATION; HEATING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LAKES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SULFUR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE INCINERATION; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; COMBUSTION; INORGANIC CARBON; MARINE SEDIMENT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOANALYZER; CARBON CYCLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUMIGATION; HEATING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WEIGHT LOSS ON IGNITION;

CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 79952447764     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1454-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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