Title: Spectroscopic characterization of porewater and water-extractable organic matter along a peat bog profile
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to identify and compare chemical, physical and spectroscopic features of porewaters and corresponding water-extractable organic matter (WEOM) samples taken from a 105 cm ombrotrophic peat bog profile. The peat core was collected in 2005 from a Swiss bog and divided into 91 slices of 1 cm of thickness. Extracted porewater samples were filtered (0.45 μm), analyzed for pH and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration and characterized by means of UV-Vis (E4/E6 ratio) and fluorescence spectroscopies. The same analyses were carried out also on the WEOM of peat.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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