Fluvial carbon flux from headwater peatland streams: Significance of particulate carbon flux

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1203-1212

  Pawson, R R ^a   Evans, M G ^a   Allott, T E H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DOC; Erosion; Fluvial carbon flux; Peatland; POC

Indexed keywords

BLANKET PEAT; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; DOC; DRAINAGE DENSITY; FLOOD-PLAINS; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HEAD WATERS; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; PARTICULATE CARBON; PEATLAND; POC; SOUTH PENNINES;

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; GREENHOUSE GASES; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE; FLOODPLAIN; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEADWATER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84865995735     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3257     Document Type: Article

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