Holocene carbon flux histories of the world's peatlands: Global carbon-cycle implications

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 761-774

  Yu, Zicheng ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Early anthropogenic hypothesis; Holocene; Long term C fluxes; Net C balance (NCB); Peatlands

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; MASS BALANCE; METHANE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEATLAND; TROPICAL REGION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79954489356     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610386982     Document Type: Article

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