Differentiation of charcoal, soot and diagenetic carbon in soil: Method comparison and perspectives

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-75

  Roth, Philipp J ^a   Lehndorff, Eva ^a   Brodowski, Sonja ^a   Bornemann, Ludger ^a   Sanchez García, Laura ^b   Gustafsson, Örjan ^b   Amelung, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; BLACK CARBON; DIAGENETICS; DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTERS; METHOD COMPARISON; MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURE; STANDARD CALIBRATION; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; THERMAL OXIDATION; TOPSOIL SAMPLES;

BENZENE; BITUMINOUS COAL; CHARCOAL; DUST; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MIXTURES; OXIDATION; RECOVERY; SOOT;

SOILS;

CALIBRATION; CHARCOAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGENESIS; DIFFERENTIATION; DUST; OXIDATION; PRECISION; SOIL CARBON; SOOT; TOPSOIL;

EID: 84858710160     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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