Stable isotopic analysis of pyrogenic organic matter in soils by liquid chromatography-isotope-ratio mass spectrometry of benzene polycarboxylic acids

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3723-3731

  Yarnes, Christopher ^a,e   Santos, Fernanda ^b,c   Singh, Nimisha ^d   Abiven, Samuel ^d   Schmidt, Michael W I ^d   Bird, Jeffrey A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BENZENE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZENE POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; ISOTOPE-RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENTS OF; ORGANIC MATERIALS; TERRESTRIAL SINKS;

SOILS;

EID: 84857223266     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5272     Document Type: Review

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