Title: Geochemistry of Slave_Lake peat core
Citation: Kuhry, Peter (2018): Geochemistry of Slave_Lake peat core [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.890353
Study Site: Slave Lake, Northwest Territories
Purpose: Net accumulation rates of carbon in a 9000 calendar year record of Sphagnum fuscum peat in western boreal Canada range from 13.6 to 34.9 g · m-2·yr-1. The depth vs. age curve is slightly convex due to generally declining net productivity at the site. Fossil carbon/nitrogen ratios of bulk Sphagnum fuscum peat and its components are used to calculate the rate and total amount of decay in the deeper anoxic peat deposits.
Abstract: Sediment/rock depth, age, dry bulk density, organic matter, organic matter density, total carbon, total nitrogen, density organic carbon, peat type
Supplemental Information Summary: Kuhry, Peter (2018): Age determination of Slave_Lake peat core [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.890388
Research: Past Global Changes - Carbon in Peat on Earth through Time (PAGES_C-PEAT)
Further Info: Kuhry, Peter; Vitt, Dale H (1996): Fossil Carbon/Nitrogen Ratios as a Measure of Peat Decomposition. Ecology, 77(1), 271-275, https://doi.org/10.2307/2265676
Status: Complete
Keywords:
soil carbon,
meteorology,
peat properties,
nitrogen,
bog,
Geographical coordinates: North: 55.06, South: 55.06 East: -114.13 West: -114.13
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 1986-01-01, End
Date: 1986-12-31
