P90-MO CHARACTERISATION OF ANTARCTIC FULVIC ACIDS BY A NOVEL AND SELECTIVE CHEMICAL REDUCTION – IMPLICATIONS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF PRECURSORS OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES

• Main Authors: Rama D. Nimmagadda, Christopher R. Mcrae
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Suwannee River; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.494.144; http://www.imog2007.org/files/Monday Posters/Monday Posters Organic matter composition/P90-MO Nimmagadda.pdf

The complex supramolecular nature of fulvic acids (FA) can be attributed to the high abundance of carboxylic acids, phenols and hydroxyl functional groups present in their structures. The abundance of these polar functional groups also contributes to difficulties faced when analysing FA. Although va...