Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2691-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2691-2014
Research article
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21 May 2014
Research article |  | 21 May 2014

Comparison of different methods to determine the degree of peat decomposition in peat bogs

H. Biester, K.-H. Knorr, J. Schellekens, A. Basler, and Y.-M. Hermanns

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