Carbon isotopes in peat, DOC, CO 2 , and CH 4 in a holocene peatland on Dartmoor, southwest England

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 539-542

  Charman, Dan J ^a   Aravena, Ramon ^b   Bryant, Charlotte L ^c   Harkness, Doug D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; ORGANIC CARBON; TRITIUM; WETLANDS;

BOREAL PEATLANDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CO2 REDUCTION; DISSOLVED GAS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GAS MOVEMENT; MEASUREMENTS OF; RADIOCARBON AGE;

PEAT;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; METHANE; OCEAN BASIN; PEAT;

DARTMOOR; DEVON; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879883711     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0539:CIIPDC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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