Production of methane from alasses in eastern Siberia: Implications from its 14C and stable isotopic compositions

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Nakagawa, Fumiko ^a   Yoshida, Naohiro ^a   Nojiri, Yukihiro ^b   Makarov, Vladimir N ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c MELNIKOV PERMAFROST INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alass; Carbon 14; Gas bubble; Methane; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; YAKUTSK;

EID: 0036770783     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000gb001384     Document Type: Article

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