Carbon transport by the Lena River from its headwaters to the Arctic Ocean, with emphasis on fluvial input of terrestrial particulate organic carbon vs. carbon transport by coastal erosion

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2407-2426

  Semiletov, I P ^a,b   Pipko, I I ^b   Shakhova, N E ^a,b   Dudarev, O V ^b   Pugach, S P ^b   Charkin, A N ^b   Mcroy, C P ^a   Kosmach, D ^b   Gustafsson, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL ZONE; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEADWATER; METHANE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATERSHED;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA; LENA DELTA; LENA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; YAKUTSK;

EID: 84884676251     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2407-2011     Document Type: Article

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