Middle to late Holocene fluctuations of C3 and C4 vegetation in a Northern New England Salt Marsh, Sprague Marsh, Phippsburg Maine

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-403

  Johnson, Beverly J ^a   Moore, Karen A ^a   Lehmann, Charlotte ^a   Bohlen, Curtis ^b   Brown, Thomas A ^c  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LLNL ^*  (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SINKS; MARSH PLANTS; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS;

BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

VEGETATION;

BIOMARKER; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CORE ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSGRESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; PHIPPSBURG; SPRAGUE RIVER MARSH; UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33847009860     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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