Carbon and hydrogen isotope ratio characterization of methane dynamics for Fluxnet Peatland Ecosystems

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 548-558

  Alstad, Karrin P ^a,b   Whiticar, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; CARBON AND HYDROGENS; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CARBONATE REDUCTION; CLOSED SYSTEMS; CO-EXISTING; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FLUXNET; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANOGENESIS; MODEL ESTIMATES; ONTARIO; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PEATLAND; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION; RESEARCH NETWORKS; STABLE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBSTRATE DEPLETION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

DISTILLATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; METHANATION; METHANE; SUBSTRATES;

WETLANDS;

BOG; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FEN; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; PEATLAND; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ARCHAEA;

EID: 79957925863     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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