Estimation of carbonate, total organic carbon, and biogenic silica content by FTIR and XRF techniques in lacustrine sediments

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-398

  Liu, Xiuju ^a,b   Colman, Steven M ^a   Brown, Erik T ^a   Minor, Elizabeth C ^a   Li, Hongyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica content; Carbonate content; FTIR; Total organic carbon content; XRF

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; CARBONATE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; SILICA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AFRICA; CHINA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE;

EID: 84883778114     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-013-9733-7     Document Type: Article

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