Peat oxidation in an abandoned cutover peatland

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-286

  Waddington, J M ^a   McNeil, P ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Dendrochronology; Organic soil; Oxidation; Peat extraction; Peatland

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; OXIDATION; PEAT; PEATLAND; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

BETULA;

EID: 0036703982     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S01-043     Document Type: Article

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