Influence of permafrost on water storage in West Siberian peatlands revealed from a new database of soil properties

C. Smith, L.; W. Beilman, David; V. Kremenetski, K.; Sheng, Yongwei; M. MacDonald, Glen; B. Lammers, Richard; I. Shiklomanov, A.; Д. Лапшина, Е.

doi:10.1002/ppp.735

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Influence of permafrost on water storage in West Siberian peatlands revealed from a new database of soil properties

Published in Permafrost and Periglacial Processes • Jan 1, 2012

Authors:

L. C. Smith

David W. Beilman

K. V. Kremenetski

Abstract

ABSTRACT Russia's West Siberian Lowland (WSL) contains the most extensive peatlands on Earth with many underlain by permafrost. We present a new database of 12 705 measurements of vertical water content and bulk soil properties from 98 permafrost and non‐permafrost cores collected in raised bogs and...

Subject

Permafrost

Peat

Geology

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