Rates of peat accumulation during the postglacial period in 32 sites from Alaska to Newfoundland, with special emphasis on northern Minnesota

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 429-438

  Gorham, Eville ^a   Janssens, Joannes A ^b   Glaser, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Lambda Max Ecological Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Bog; Fen; Mire; North America; Peatland

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PEAT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

POSTGLACIAL PERIOD;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACCUMULATION RATE; BOG; CLIMATE; FEN; MIRE; PEATLAND; POSTGLACIAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0042347856     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-036     Document Type: Article

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