Peatland Geomorphology and Carbon Cycling

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1513-1531

  Evans, Martin G ^a   Warburton, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY EROSION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; WATER TABLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957361037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00378.x     Document Type: Review

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