The stable carbon isotope composition of methane produced and emitted from northern peatlands

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 184, Issue , 2009, Pages 187-203

  Hornibrook, Edward R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000828     Document Type: Article

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