New data on the characterization of humic substances extracted from phosphatised faecal “pellets” (Tunisia)

Aïda Ben Hassen (1) , Jean Trichet (1) , H. Belayouni (2) , Jean-Robert Disnar (1)

1 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans
2 Département des Sciences de la Terre

Humic substances (HS) were extracted from faecal “pellets” - ovoid phosphatic grains 50-200 µm in size - collected from commercially mined phosphatic sediments, in the Gafsa Basin. The phosphatic constituents were characterized by C, H, O, N, and S elemental analysis, Rock-Eval VI pyrolysis, Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and solid state 13C CPMAS NMR.

Domains: Geochemistry

Aïda Ben Hassen, Jean Trichet, H. Belayouni, Jean-Robert Disnar. New data on the characterization of humic substances extracted from phosphatised faecal “pellets” (Tunisia). 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry,, Sep 2007, Torquay, United Kingdom. 3 p. ⟨insu-00256600⟩