Impact of an abrupt cooling event on interglacial methane emissions in northern peatlands

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1963-1981

  Zurcher S ^a   Spahni, R ^a   Joos, F ^a   Steinacher, M ^a   Fischer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; ICE CORE; INTERGLACIAL; METHANE; PEATLAND; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WETLAND;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84880128497     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-1963-2013     Document Type: Article

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