Title: Geochemistry of Burnt Village (core 1) peat core from Canada
Citation: Charman, Dan J (2021): Geochemistry of Burnt Village (core 1) peat core from Canada [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928172
Study Site: Burnt Village Bog, Newfoundland
Purpose: Peatlands are an important component of the Holocene global carbon (C) cycle and the rate of C sequestration and storage is driven by the balance between net primary productivity and decay. A number of studies now suggest that climate is a key driver of peatland C accumulation at large spatial scales and over long timescales, with warmer conditions associated with higher rates of C accumulation. However, other factors are also likely to play a significant role in determining local carbon accumulation rates and these may modify past, present and future peatland carbon sequestration. Here, we test the importance of climate as a driver of C accumulation, compared with hydrological change, fire, nitrogen content and vegetation type, from records of C accumulation at three sites in northeastern North America, across the N–S climate gradient of raised bog distribution.
Abstract: Sediment/rock depth, sample thickness, dry bulk density, total carbon, total nitrogen of a high-resolution peat core from the Past Global Changes - Carbon in Peat on Earth through Time (PAGES_C-PEAT) Project.
Supplemental Information Summary: Charman, Dan J (2021): Age determination of Burnt Village (core 1) peat core from Borneo [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.934641
Charman, Dan J (2021): Calibrated ages of Burnt Village (core 1) peat core from Borneo [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929737
Research: Past Global Changes - Carbon in Peat on Earth through Time (PAGES_C-PEAT) Project
Further Info: Charman, Dan J; Amesbury, Matthew J; Hinchliffe, William; Hughes, Paul D M; Mallon, Gunnar; Blake, William H; Daley, Timothy J; Gallego-Sala, Angela V; Mauquoy, Dmitri (2015): Drivers of Holocene peatland carbon accumulation across a climate gradient in northeastern North America. Quaternary Science Reviews, 121, 110-119, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.012
Status: Complete
Keywords:
soil carbon,
peat properties,
Bog,
nitrogen,
Geographical coordinates: North: 51.13, South: 51.13 East: -55.93 West: -55.93
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: , End
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