Carbon and nitrogen in the silt-size fraction and its HCl-hydrolysis residues from coarse-textured Canadian boreal forest soils

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-168

  Preston, Caroline M ^a   Norris, Charlotte E ^b   Bernard, Guy M ^b   Beilman, David W ^c   Quideau, Sylvie A ^b   Wasylishen, Roderick E ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

HCl hydrolysis; Jack pine (Pinus banksiana); Nuclear magnetic resonance; Silt C; Soil C

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899820851     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS2013-082     Document Type: Article

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