Resistivity-based monitoring of biogenic gases in peat soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Slater, Lee ^a   Comas, Xavier ^a,b   Ntarlagiannis, Dimitrios ^a,c   Moulik, Maitry Roy ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRODES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOGENIC GASES; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRODES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SURVEYS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOGAS; DEFORMATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; METHANE; PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; POREWATER; POROSITY; SOIL EMISSION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749035999     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006090     Document Type: Article

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