Permafrost soils and carbon cycling

SOIL

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 147-171

  Ping, C L ^a   Jastrow, J D ^b   Jorgenson, M T ^c   Michaelson, G J ^a   Shur, Y L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Alaska Ecoscience   (United States)

^d University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ORGANIC CARBON; PEDOGENESIS; PERMAFROST;

EID: 84934441834     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-1-147-2015     Document Type: Article

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