Deciphering sedimentary organic matter sources: Insights from radiocarbon measurements and NMR spectroscopy

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 739-753

  Sanderman, Jonathan ^a   Krull, Evelyn ^a,c   Kuhn, Thomas ^a   Hancock, Gary ^a   Mcgowan, Janine ^a   Maddern, Todd ^a   Fallon, Stewart ^b   Steven, Andy ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; LANDSCAPE; LIGNIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; SPECTROSCOPY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84956618317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10064     Document Type: Article

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