Separation of light and heavy organic matter fractions in soil - Testing for proper density cut-off and dispersion level

Geoderma

Volumn 170, Issue , 2012, Pages 403-416

  Cerli, C ^a   Celi, L ^b   Kalbitz, K ^a   Guggenberger, G ^c   Kaiser, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregate disruption; Density fractionation; Lignin; Sodium polytungstate; Soil aggregates; Sonication

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; CUT-OFF; DENSITY FRACTIONS; DISPERSION ENERGIES; DISPERSION LEVELS; HEAVY FRACTION; IN-LINE; LIGHT FRACTION; LIGNIN-DERIVED PHENOL; MINERAL CONTAMINATION; MINERAL MATERIALS; OPTIMUM DENSITY; ORGANIC DEBRIS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTER FRACTION; SOIL AGGREGATES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TEST CONDITION; TOTAL NITROGEN;

AGGREGATES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEBRIS; FRACTIONATION; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MINERALS; PHENOLS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SONICATION;

DISPERSIONS;

DISPERSION; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SEPARATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEST; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 84855170122     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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