The effect of peat structure on the spatial distribution of biogenic gases within bogs

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 5483-5494

  Comas, Xavier ^a   Kettridge, Nicholas ^b   Binley, Andrew ^c   Slater, Lee ^d   Parsekian, Andrew ^d,e   Baird, Andy J ^f   Strack, Maria ^g   Waddington, James M ^h  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Rutgers University   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Geophysics; Peatlands

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; PEAT; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; CARBON CYCLES; DISTRIBUTION OF GAS; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SURVEY; PEAT LAND; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84908024635     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10056     Document Type: Article

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