Arctic permafrost soils as carbon sink and source;Böden in Permafrostgebieten der Arktis als Kohlenstoffsenke und Kohlenstoffquelle

Polarforschung

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-46

  Zubrzycki, Sebastian ^a   Kutzbach, Lars ^a   Pfeiffer, Eva Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON SINK; CRYOSPHERE; ORGANIC CARBON; PEDOGENESIS; PERMAFROST; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARCTIC; SIBERIA;

EID: 84860822176     PISSN: 00322490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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