Trial by fire: On the terminology and methods used in pyrogenic organic carbon research

Frontiers in Earth Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Zimmerman, Andrew R ^a   Mitra, Siddhartha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Biochar; Black carbon; Pyrogenic carbon; Quantification; Ring trial

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACTS; BIO CHARS; BLACK CARBON; QUANTIFICATION; RING TRIAL;

ORGANIC CARBON;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FIRE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 85041040664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22966463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2017.00095     Document Type: Article

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