Chemical composition of plant silica phytoliths

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-195

  Kamenik J ^a   Mizera, J ^a,b   Randa Z ^a  

^a NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acid digestion; Barley; Biogenic opal; Dry ashing; Instrumental neutron activation analysis; Phytolith

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; EXTRACTION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RARE EARTHS;

ACID DIGESTION; BARLEY; BIOGENIC OPALS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DRY ASHING; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHYTOLITH; PLANT SPECIES; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; SOIL COMPOSITION;

SILICA;

HORDEUM;

EID: 84878186936     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-012-0396-9     Document Type: Article

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