Fossil organic matter characteristics in permafrost deposits of the northeast Siberian Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Schirrmeister, Lutz ^a   Grosse, Guido ^b   Wetterich, Sebastian ^a   Overduin, Pier Paul ^a   Strauss, Jens ^a   Schuur, Edward A G ^c   Hubberten, Hans Wolfgang ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BULK DENSITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; DECOMPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; PEAT; PEDOGENESIS; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; PHYTODETRITUS; RIVER BANK; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WEICHSELIAN;

SIBERIA;

EID: 79961229436     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001647     Document Type: Article

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