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Organic Geochemistry 31 (2000) 543±551
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Techniques for the di€erentiation of carbon types
present in lignite-rich mine soils
Cornelia Rumpel a,*, Jan O. Skjemstad b, Heike Knicker c,
Ingrid KoÈgel-Knabner c, Reinhard F. HuÈttl a
a

Department of Soil Protection and Recultivation, Brandenburg Technical University, PO Box 10 13 44, D-03013 Cottbus, Germany
b
CSIRO Land & Water, Waite Road, Urrbrae, PMB 2, Glen Osmond Adelaide, SA 5064, Australia
c
Lehrstuhl fuÈr Bodenkunde, Technische UniversitaÈt MuÈnchen, D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
Received 7 June 1999; accepted 2 March 2000
(returned to author for revision 23 November 1999)

Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess high energy UV photo-oxidation, 13C CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy and 14C
activity measurements for their suitability in di€erentiating carbon derived from plant material and that derived from
lignite. The conceptual approach included analysis of bulk soil samples and physical fractions of lignite-rich mine soils.

Additionally, the