The impact of high tephra loading on late-Holocene carbon accumulation and vegetation succession in peatland communities

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-175

  Hughes, P D M ^a   Mallon, G ^a   Brown, A ^a   Essex, H J ^a   Stanford, J D ^a,b   Hotes, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bog; Carbon accumulation; Hokkaido; Holocene; Japan; Plant macrofossils; Tephra; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CARBON; VEGETATION; VOLCANOES; WETLANDS;

BOG; CARBON ACCUMULATION; HOKKAIDO; HOLOCENES; JAPAN; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; TEPHRA; TESTATE AMOEBAE;

LOADING;

BIOACCUMULATION; BOG; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; HUMIFICATION; MIRE; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOSS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; PEATLAND; SUCCESSION; TEPHRA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 84874777613     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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