Rapid deglacial and early Holocene expansion of peatlands in Alaska

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 7347-7352

  Jones, Miriam C ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Climate seasonality; Holocene thermal maximum; Peatland carbon; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METHANE;

ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOLOCENE; PEATLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGY; HOT TEMPERATURE; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEASONS; SIBERIA; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952134008     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911387107     Document Type: Article

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