Fluvial organic carbon flux from an eroding peatland catchment, southern Pennines, UK

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 625-634

  Pawson, R R ^a   Lord, D R ^a   Evans, M G ^a   Allott, T E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41449084281     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-12-625-2008     Document Type: Article

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