Validation and application of a thermal-optical reflectance (TOR) method for measuring black carbon in loess sediments

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1462-1470

  Zhan, Changlin ^a,b,c   Han, Yongming ^a   Cao, Junji ^a,b   Wei, Chong ^a,c   Zhang, Jiaquan ^d   An, Zhisheng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d HUBEI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Chemo thermal oxidation; Dichromate oxidation; Intercomparison; Loess; Thermal optical reflectance

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHROMATES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; REFLECTION; SOOT; THERMOOXIDATION;

BLACK CARBON; INTERCOMPARISONS; LOESS; THERMAL OPTICAL REFLECTANCE; THERMAL OXIDATION;

SEDIMENTS;

BLACK CARBON;

BLACK CARBON; LOESS; MODEL VALIDATION; OXIDATION; PALEOSOL; REFLECTANCE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ACID DICHROMATE OXIDATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMO THERMAL OXIDATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERGLACIAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAKE SEDIMENT; LOESS; MAGNETISM; OXIDATION; SOOT; THERMAL OPTICAL REFLECTANCE;

CHINA;

EID: 84876425436     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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