Variations in nitrogen isotopic values among various particle-sized fractions in modern soil in northwestern China

Chinese Journal of Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-303

  Liu, Weiguo ^a,b   Wang, Zhoufeng ^a,c   Wang, Zheng ^a   Feng, Xiahong ^d   Zhang, Pu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

nitrogen isotope; particle sized fraction; plant decomposition; soil

Indexed keywords

BULK SOILS; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; N VALUE; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; PARTICLE-SIZED FRACTION; PLANT DECOMPOSITION; PLANT LITTER; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SURFACE SOIL; TRANSFERRING PROCESS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITTER; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACER;

CHINA;

EID: 79961151210     PISSN: 10009426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11631-011-0513-7     Document Type: Article

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