The phytolith carbon sequestration concept: Fact or fiction? A comment on "Occurrence, turnover and carbon sequestration potential of phytoliths in terrestrial ecosystems by Song et al. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.04.007"

When the carbon being dated is not what you think it is: Insights from phytolith carbon research

From radiocarbon analysis to interpretation: A comment on “Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeological and Paleoecological Research: A Case Study of Phytoliths from Modern Neotropical Plants and a Review of the Previous Dating Evidence”, Journal of Archaeological Science (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.06.002.” by Dolores R. Piperno

Towards producing pure phytolith concentrates from plants that are suitable for carbon isotopic analysis

Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR as a new tool to investigate the nature of organic compounds occluded in plant silica particles

The Phytolith ¹⁴ C Puzzle: A Tale of Background Determinations and Accuracy Tests

Direct uptake of organically derived carbon by grass roots and allocation in leaves and phytoliths: ¹³ C labeling evidence

Unambiguous evidence of old soil carbon in grass biosilica particles

Changes in Holocene tree cover density in Cabo Frio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): Evidence from soil phytolith assemblages