Seasonal variability of organic matter composition in an Alaskan glacier outflow: Insights into glacier carbon sources

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Spencer, Robert G M ^a   Vermilyea, Andrew ^b   Fellman, Jason ^c   Raymond, Peter ^d   Stubbins, Aron ^e   Scott, Durelle ^f   Hood, Eran ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Castleton State College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^d Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^e SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^f State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; dissolved organic carbon; glacier; organic matter; radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FUELS; GLACIERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RUNOFF; SNOW; STREAM FLOW;

ALASKA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC CONCENTRATIONS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GLACIER RUNOFF; ORGANIC MATTER COMPOSITIONS; RADIOCARBON; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

CARBON;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE CORE; OUTFLOW; RADIOCARBON DATING; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928096547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/5/055005     Document Type: Article

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