Carbon accumulation in peat deposits from northern Sweden to northern Germany during the last millennium

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1117-1125

  van der Linden, Marjolein ^a,b   Heijmans, Monique MPD ^c   van Geel, Bas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BIAX CONSULT   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bog ecosystems; carbon accumulation rates; climate change; human impact; peat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; PEATLAND; TRANSECT;

GERMANY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84907152787     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614538071     Document Type: Article

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