Origin, composition, and transformation of dissolved organic matter in tropical peatlands

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-47

  Gandois, L ^a,b,c   Teisserenc, R ^b,c   Cobb, A R ^a   Chieng, H I ^d   Lim, L B L ^d   Kamariah, A S ^d   Hoyt, A ^e   Harvey, C F ^e  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Institut National Polytechnique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PEATLAND; POREWATER; RIVER WATER; TRANSFORMATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84900441925     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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