Studying the humification degree and evolution of peat down a Holocene bog profile (Inuvik, NW Canada): A petrological and chemical perspective

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-408

  Zaccone, C ^a   Sanei, H ^b,c   Outridge, P M ^c,d   Miano, T M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON POOL; CENTRAL ZONE; COMPLEX PROCESSES; HIGH HETEROGENEITY; HOLOCENES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HUMIFICATION; HUMIFICATION PROCESS; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; LATE HOLOCENE; LOW DEGREE; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN INDEX VALUE; ROCK-EVAL PYROLYSIS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA;

LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; PETROLOGY; PYROLYSIS; WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BOG; HOLOCENE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HUMIFICATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; PETROLOGY; PYROLYSIS;

CANADA; INUVIK; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 79956333831     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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