Ongoing buildup of refractory organic carbon in boreal soils during the holocene

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5803, 2006, Pages 1283-1286

  Smittenberg, R H ^a,c   Eglinton, T I ^b   Schouten, S ^a   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; PARAFFINS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; MINERALIZATION; RADIOCARBON AGES; REFRACTORY ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON;

ALKANE; CARBON 14; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ALKANE; DEGLACIATION; FJORD; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC CARBON; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL CARBON; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARBON METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; MINERALIZATION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL; TAIGA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SAANICH INLET;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33751560040     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1129376     Document Type: Article

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