Stable isotope composition of plants and peat from Arctic mire and geothermal area in Iceland

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 365-376

  Skrzypek, Grzegorz ^a,b,c   Paul, Debajyoti ^c   Wojtuń, Bronistaw ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fen; Geothermal area; Iceland; Peat; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIVERWORT; MIRE; MOSS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEAT; PEAT SOIL; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDGE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

DRANGAJOKULL; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; KERLINGARFJOLL; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; SALIX;

EID: 57849165779     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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