A peat core based estimate of Late-glacial and Holocene methane emissions from northern peatlands

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-239

  Steinmann, P ^a   Huon, S ^b   Roos Barraclough, F ^c   Follmi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atmospheric methane; Holocene; methane emissions; wetlands; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BOG; CARBON; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; LATE GLACIAL; METHANE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PEATLAND; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33748588684     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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