Effect of leaf litter degradation and seasonality on D/H isotope ratios of n-alkane biomarkers

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4917-4928

  Zech, Michael ^a   Pedentchouk, Nikolai ^b   Buggle, Björn ^a   Leiber, Katharina ^a   Kalbitz, Karsten ^c   Marković, Slobodan B ^d   Glaser, Bruno ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BIOMARKER; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAF LITTER; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; THROUGHFALL;

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 79961170323     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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