Spatial and temporal distribution of soil organic carbon in nonsorted striped patterned ground of the High Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Horwath, Jennifer L ^c   Sletten, Ronald S ^b   Hagedorn, Birgit ^a   Hallet, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GLACIER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRENCH;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; THULE AIR BASE;

EID: 69549138265     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000511     Document Type: Article

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