Influence of permafrost on water storage in West Siberian peatlands revealed from a new database of soil properties

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-79

  Smith, Laurence C ^a   Beilman, David W ^b   Kremenetski, Konstantin V ^a   Sheng, Yongwei ^a   MacDonald, Glen M ^a   Lammers, Richard B ^c   Shiklomanov, Alexander I ^c   Lapshina, Elena D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d YUGRA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Braun Blanquet system; Bulk density; Peatland; Permafrost; Soil moisture; Soils database; Sphagnum; Vegetation; Water; West Siberian Lowland

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; DATABASE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; SOIL MOISTURE; THAWING; WATER CONTENT; WATER STORAGE;

OB RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN LOWLAND;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84863413944     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: 10991530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.735     Document Type: Article

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