Organic matter composition and stabilization in a polygonal tundra soil of the Lena Delta

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3145-3158

  Hofle S ^a   Rethemeyer, J ^a   Mueller, C W ^b   John, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; FRACTIONATION; LIPID; PARTICLE SIZE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; TUNDRA SOIL;

LENA DELTA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

EID: 84877878144     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3145-2013     Document Type: Article

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