Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in a peat profile are influenced by early stage diagenesis and changes in atmospheric CO 2 and N deposition

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2007-2022

  Esmeijer Liu, Alice J ^a   Kürschner, Wolfram M ^b   Lotter, André F ^a   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a   Goslar, Tomasz ^c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d Pozna Radiocarbon Laboratory   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Diagenesis; Nitrogen deposition; Peat; Sphagnum fuscum; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA; ATMOSPHERIC CO; DIAGENESIS; FINLAND; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; N DEPOSITION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CARBON; FUELS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; PEAT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; GAMMA CARBON 13; GAMMA NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL FUEL; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOSS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PEAT; REACTION KINETICS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGENESIS; DILUTION; FINLAND; FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM;

FINLAND;

ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM;

EID: 84862221762     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1001-8     Document Type: Article

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