Variation in carbon isotopes of bog peat in the Ozegahara peatland, Japan

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-306

  Akagi, Tasuku ^a   Minomo, Kotaro ^a   Kasuya, Natsuki ^a   Nakamura, Toshio ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bog peat; Carbon isotope; Climatic factor; Decay; The Ozegahara peatland

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON ISOTOPE; PEAT; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; OZEGAHARA; WORLD;

EID: 7444264032     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.38.299     Document Type: Article

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