Black (pyrogenic) carbon: A synthesis of current knowledge and uncertainties with special consideration of boreal regions

Biogeosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-420

  Preston, C M ^a   Schmidt, M W I ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL; FIRE; GLOBAL WARMING; PAH; SEDIMENT; SHOOT; SOIL;

EID: 33748847530     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-3-397-2006     Document Type: Article

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