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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-361-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-361-2020
Research article
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23 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 23 Jan 2020

Lability classification of soil organic matter in the northern permafrost region

Peter Kuhry, Jiří Bárta, Daan Blok, Bo Elberling, Samuel Faucherre, Gustaf Hugelius, Christian J. Jørgensen, Andreas Richter, Hana Šantrůčková, and Niels Weiss

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