Organic matter accumulation, peat chemistry, and permafrost melting in peatlands of Boreal Alberta

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 379-392

  Turetsky, M R ^a   Wieder, R K ^a   Williams, C J ^a   Vitt, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

210Pb dating; Alberta; Boreal forest; Carbon; Carbon quality; Discontinuous permafrost zone; Global climate change; Nutrients; Peatlands; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MELTING; ORGANIC MATTER; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0033833003     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682608     Document Type: Article

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