Sources and the flux pattern of dissolved carbon in rivers of the Yenisey basin draining the Central Siberian Plateau

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Prokushkin, A S ^a   Pokrovsky, O S ^b   Shirokova, L S ^b   Korets, M A ^a   Viers, J ^b   Prokushkin, S G ^a   Amon, R M W ^c   Guggenberger, G ^d   McDowell, W H ^e  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Siberian Plateau; dissolved carbon; permafrost; riverine flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555218409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/045212     Document Type: Article

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