Permafrost thawing as a possible source of abrupt carbon release at the onset of the Bølling/Allerød

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Köhler, Peter ^a   Knorr, Gregor ^a,b   Bard, Edouard ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; LATITUDE; MELTWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMAFROST; SIMULATION; THAWING;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LATITUDE; PERMAFROST; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84923302662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6520     Document Type: Article

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