Temporal and spatial aspects of peatland initiation following deglaciation in North America

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 300-311

  Gorham, Eville ^a   Lehman, Clarence ^a   Dyke, Arthur ^b   Janssens, Joannes ^c   Dyke, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Lambda Max Ecological Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PEAT;

ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; PEATLAND INITIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; WETLANDS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COLONIZATION; DEGLACIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; PEATLAND; PROPAGULE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; NORTH AMERICA;

CASTORIDAE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEGLACIATIONS; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; GLACIAL RETREAT; GOODNESS OF FIT; GREENLAND; ICE CORE; INTRINSIC RATES; PEATLAND; PROPAGULES; SPATIAL ASPECT;

EID: 33847249852     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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