Sediment lithology and stable isotope composition of organic matter in a core from a cirque in the Krkonoše Mountains, Czech Republic

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 609-624

  Engel, Zbyněk ^a   Skrzypek, Grzegorz ^b,c   Paul, Debajyoti ^c,d   Drzewicki, Wojciech ^e   Nývlt, Daniel ^f  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^f CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carbon; Holocene; Krkono e; Nitrogen; Peat; Preservation; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ASH; CARBON ISOTOPE; CIRQUE; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PEAT; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CZECH REPUBLIC; KARKONOSZE MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77952290578     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9356-1     Document Type: Article

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