Molecular characteristics of permanganate-and dichromate-oxidation- resistant soil organic matter from a black-C-rich colluvial soil

Soil Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-179

  Suárez Abelenda, Manuel ^a   Kaal, Joeri ^b   Camps Arbestain, Marta ^c   Knicker, Heike ^d   MacÍas, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Edificio Fontán   (Spain)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

charcoal; Py GC MS; SOM oxidation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ALIPHATIC STRUCTURES; AROMATIC STRUCTURES; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS; PY-GC/MS; PYROLYSIS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS;

OXIDATION;

CARBOHYDRATE; CHARCOAL; ENRICHMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATION; RESIDUAL SOIL; RESONANCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84896990266     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR13195     Document Type: Article

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