Carbon accumulation in peatlands, southwestern Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Soil Science
• Main Author: Robinson, Stephen D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: Soil Science; Northwest Territories; Canada; Fort Simpson; Peat; Peat plateau; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/s05-086; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.4141/S05-086

Northern peatlands have stored significant quantities of carbon (C) since the early Holocene at rates that vary among peatland types. Pollen concentration dating was used to provide estimates o f true C accumulation and sequestration efficiency in different peatland systems in the discontinuous perm...