Quantifying pyrogenic carbon from thermosequences of wood and grass using hydrogen pyrolysis

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-32

  Wurster, Christopher M ^a   Saiz, Gustavo ^b   Schneider, Maximilian P W ^c   Schmidt, Michael W I ^c   Bird, Michael I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEGREE OF CONDENSATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES (GC-MS); LABILE ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); PYROLYSIS REACTION; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON; CONDENSATION; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

WOOD;

BENZENE; BIOFUEL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONDENSATION; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRASS; PAH; PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING; WOOD;

CARBON; CONDENSATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; WOOD;

EID: 84881224251     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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