Holocene peatland development along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-54

  Xu, Hai ^a   Liu, Bin ^a,b   Lan, Jianghu ^a,b   Sheng, Enguo ^a,b   Che, Shuai ^a   Xu, Sheng ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accumulation rate; Carbon effect; Eastern Tibetan Plateau; Peatland development

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; CARBON EFFECTS; CARBON SOURCE/SINK; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; PEATLAND DEVELOPMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON;

WETLANDS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ARIDITY; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PEATLAND;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84879505596     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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