Elemental and isotopic carbon and nitrogen records of organic matter accumulation in a holocene permafrost peat sequence in the east European Russian arctic

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 545-552

  Andersson, Rina Argelia ^a   Meyers, Philip ^b   Hornibrook, Edward ^c   Kuhry, Peter ^a   Mörth, Carl Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic peatlands; Elemental analyses; Macrofossil analyses; Permafrost; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERN; FOSSIL; GEOACCUMULATION; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOSS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 85027932211     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2541     Document Type: Article

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