Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Environmental Sciences: A Students Companion

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
The Holocene
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Zoltai, S.C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
GeoRef
Right arrow GeoRef Citation
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Estimating the age of peat samples from their weight: a study from west-central Canada

S.C. Zoltai

Forestry Canada, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton T6H 3S5, Alberta, Canada

Radiocarbon dates of 116 peat samples from 66 sites in the Boreal and Subarctic region of west-central Canada were used to obtain peat mass accumulation rates. A direct relationship is shown between the peat mass and the time during which the peat has accumulated in peat deposits of bogs and fens in ecologically defined regions. Peat mass accumulation was more rapid in the Boreal peatlands than in the Subarctic peatlands and it was more predictable in environmentally uniform bogs than in the more complex fens. Age estimates may be suitable for a general indication of age for studies where absolute accuracy is not required.

Key Words: dating • bulk density • peat mass accumulation rate • peatlands • west-central Canada.

The Holocene, Vol. 1, No. 1, 68-73 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/095968369100100109
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 The HoloceneHome page
C. Turunen, C. Turunen, and J. Turunen
Development history and carbon accumulation of a slope bog in oceanic British Columbia, Canada
The Holocene, February 1, 2003; 13(2): 225 - 238.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 The HoloceneHome page
J. Turunen, J. Turunen, E. Tomppo, K. Tolonen, and A. Reinikainen
Estimating carbon accumulation rates of undrained mires in Finland-application to boreal and subarctic regions
The Holocene, January 1, 2002; 12(1): 69 - 80.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 The HoloceneHome page
S. R. Vardy, S. R. Vardy, B. G. Warner, J. Turunen, and R. Aravena
Carbon accumulation in permafrost peatlands in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada
The Holocene, February 1, 2000; 10(2): 273 - 280.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 The HoloceneHome page
K. Tolonen, K. Tolonen, and J. Turunen
Accumulation rates of carbon in mires in Finland and implications for climate change
The Holocene, January 1, 1996; 6(2): 171 - 178.
[Abstract] [PDF]