The role of natural soil pipes in water and carbon transfer in and from peatlands

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 2009, Pages 251-264

  Holden, J ^a   Smart, R P ^a   Chapman, P J ^a   Baird, A J ^a   Billett, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954389350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000804     Document Type: Article

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