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Use of stable isotopes to study the cycling of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur in soil
Reference
JRI07352
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Keith Goulding
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
Rothamsted Research
Department
Sustainable Soils and Grassland Systems
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
71,520
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
16/12/1996
End date
16/06/1997
Duration
6 months
Abstract
A key to maintaining profitable farming while minimising waste and environmental pollution is to understand the processes involved in nutrient cycling, especially carbon, nitrogen and sulphur mineralisation. The Soil Science Department at Rothamsted is pioneering research into nitrogen mineralisation and nitrous oxide production using the stable isotope 15N as a tracer; it is just beginning the first work in the UK on sulphur mineralisation using 34S natural abundance; it wishes to use this expertise and its unique field experiments to begin associated research into carbon mineralisation using 13C natural abundance. This research requires a new mass spectrometer that will analyse carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotopes at natural abundance levels and permit direct gas injection.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
Joint Equipment Research Initiative 1996 (JE1) [1996]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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