A method for modelling peat depth in blanket peatlands

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 614-624

  Parry, L E ^a   Charman, D J ^a   Noades, J P W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanket peat; Carbon storage; Dartmoor; Peat depth

Indexed keywords

BLANKET BOG; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; INVENTORY; PEATLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; TOPOGRAPHY;

DARTMOOR; DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870898478     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2012.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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