Extraction of α-cellulose from mummified wood for stable isotopic analysis

Chemical Geology

Volumn 405, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-27

  Hook, Benjamin A ^a   Halfar, Jochen ^a   Bollmann, Jörg ^a   Gedalof, Ze'ev ^b   Azizur Rahman, M ^a   Reyes, Julito ^c   Schulze, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brendel; Jayme Wise; Paleocene Eocene transition; Paleoclimate; Sub fossil; Subarctic North America

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ALUMINUM; CARBON; CELLULOSE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; OXYGEN; SUPERSATURATION; VOLCANIC ROCKS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BRENDEL; JAYME-WISE; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATES; SUB-FOSSIL; SUBARCTIC NORTH AMERICA;

WOOD;

CELLULOSE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; KIMBERLITE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WOOD;

CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84928227458     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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