Accumulation of soil organic carbon linked to Holocene sea level changes in West Greenland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 378-383

  Jensen, Louise A ^a   Schmidt, Lea Bjerre ^a   Hollesen, Jørgen ^a   Elberling, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON CYCLE; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARCTIC; DISKO ISLAND; GREENLAND;

EID: 33748770680     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[378:AOSOCL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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