Investigating dissolved organic matter decomposition in northern peatlands using complimentary analytical techniques

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-129

  Tfaily, Malak M ^a   Hamdan, Rasha ^a   Corbett, Jane E ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^a   Glaser, Paul H ^b   Cooper, William T ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BOG; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FEN; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEATLAND; POREWATER; PRECISION; SOIL CARBON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876485498     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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