Organic geochemical evaluation of organic acids to assess anthropogenic soil deposits of Central Amazon, Brazil

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-106

  Taube, Paulo S ^a   Hansel, Fabricio A ^b   Madureira, Luiz A dos Santos ^a   Teixeira, Wenceslau G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON REGION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOILS; BILE ACID; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROXYALKANOIC ACIDS; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; SOIL FRACTIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; DEPOSITS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

SOILS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION TYPE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84875868049     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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