Ages and isotopic signatures of peat cores from a boreal landscape, Interior Alaska ...

• Main Authors: Myers-Smith, Isla H, Harden, J W, Wilmking, Martin, Fuller, C C, McGuire, A David, Chapin, F Stuart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2008
• Subjects: Sampling permafrost; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; Fairbanks; International Polar Year; IPY; permafrost; Thermokarst; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.817460; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.817460

To determine the influence of fire and thermokarst in a boreal landscape, we investigated peat cores within and adjacent to a permafrost collapse feature on the Tanana River Floodplain of Interior Alaska. Radioisotope dating, diatom assemblages, plant macrofossils, charcoal fragments, and carbon and...