Age-depth relationships in Scandinavian surface peat: A quantitative analysis

Oikos

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Okland, Rune Halvorsen ^a   Ohlson, Mikacl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-DEPTH RELATIONSHIP; COMPACTION; MIRE; PEAT;

EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0031749051     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546914     Document Type: Article

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