A record of Late Pleistocene and Holocene carbon accumulation and climate change from an equatorial peat bog (Kalimantan, Indonesia): Implications for past, present and future carbon dynamics

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 625-635

  Page, Susan E ^a   Wust, R A J ^b   Weiss, D ^c,g   Rieley, J O ^d   Shotyk, W ^e   Limin, S H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALANGKA RAYA   (Indonesia)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon accumulation; Global carbon cycle; Late Quaternary; Peat accumulation; Tropical peat

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FIXATION; PEAT; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 9144256933     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.884     Document Type: Article

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