Carbonate removal by acid fumigation for measuring the δ13c of soil organic carbon

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-250

  Ramnarine, R ^a   Voroney, R P ^a   Wagner Riddle, C ^a   Dunfield, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid fumigation and carbonate removal; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; FUMIGATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT RESIDUE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 79959658666     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjss10066     Document Type: Article

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