Erosional effects on terrestrial resources over the last millennium in Reykjanes, southwest Iceland

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-32

  Gísladóttir, Gudrún ^a   Erlendsson, Egill ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b   Bigham, Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Erosion; Iceland; Soil accumulation; Soil organic carbon; Soil quality; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ANDOSOL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HISTOSOL; LAND DEGRADATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; REYKJANES PENINSULA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 71049133448     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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