XANES and pyrolysis-FIMS evidence of organic matter composition in a hummocky landscape

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1741-1755

  Gillespie, A W ^a   Walley, F L ^a   Farrell, R E ^a   Leinweber, P ^b   Eckhardt, K U ^b   Regier, T Z ^c   Blyth, R I R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c CANADIAN LIGHT SOURCE INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENT; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT REGIME; MOLECULAR LEVELS; N-COMPOUNDS; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; SLOPE POSITIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TOPOGRAPHIC POSITIONS; UNCULTIVATED SOIL; XANES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOHYDRATES; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS;

SOILS;

CARBOHYDRATE; CULTIVATION; HUMMOCKY CROSS-STRATIFICATION; IONIZATION; LIGNIN; LIPID; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRAIRIE; PYROLYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; TILLAGE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 82955168318     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0279     Document Type: Article

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