Influence of climate and hydrology on carbon in an early Miocene peatland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 445-454

  Briggs, Johnny ^a   Large, David J ^a   Snape, Colin ^a   Drage, Trevor ^a   Whittles, David ^a   Cooper, Mick ^a   Macquaker, Joe H S ^b   Spiro, Baruch F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Lignite; Miocene; Peatland

Indexed keywords

CARBON RESERVOIR; MIOCENE; PEATLAND;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; LIGNITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; LIGNITE; MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEATLAND; TENSILE STRESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND BASIN;

EID: 33846027864     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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