Peatlands Evolution and Records of Environmental and Climate Changes

• Main Authors: Martini, I. P, Martinez Cortizas, A, Chesworth, W
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chantilly Elsevier Science & Technology 2006; Elsevier Science
• Edition: 1
• Series: Developments in Earth Surface Processes
• Subjects: Peatlands

'In the past two decades there has been considerable work on global climatic change and its effect on the ecosphere, as well as on local and global environmental changes triggered by human activities. From the tropics to the Arctic, peatlands have developed under various geological conditions,...