Organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks in soils of the Lena River Delta

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3507-3524

  Zubrzycki, S ^a   Kutzbach, L ^a   Grosse, G ^b   Desyatkin, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF CRYOLITHOZONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PERMAFROST; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

LENA DELTA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

EID: 84881012691     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3507-2013     Document Type: Article

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