The legacy of wetland drainage on the remaining peat in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta, California, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 372-386

  Drexler, Judith Z ^a   De Fontaine, Christian S ^a   Deverel, Steven J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Hydrofocus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Compaction; Marsh; Microbial oxidation; Organic carbon; Radiocarbon age determination; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; DELTA; DRAINAGE; FOSSIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; PEAT SOIL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SUBSIDENCE; WATER TABLE;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350086697     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-97.1     Document Type: Article

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