Carbon pools and accumulation rates in an age-series of soils in drained thaw-lake basins, Arctic Alaska

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 697-704

  Bockheim, J G ^a   Hinkel, K M ^b   Eisner, W R ^b   Dai, X Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; LAKES;

SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC);

SOIL TESTING;

ACCUMULATION RATE; HOLOCENE; LAKE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542380866     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.6970     Document Type: Article

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