Black (pyrogenic) carbon: a synthesis of current knowledge and uncertainties with special consideration of boreal regions

The carbon (C) cycle in boreal regions is strongly influenced by fire, which converts biomass and detrital C mainly to gaseous forms (CO<sub>2</sub> and smaller proportions of CO and CH<sub>4</sub>), and some 1&ndash;3% of mass to pyrogenic C (PyC). PyC is mainly produced...

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Main Authors: C. M. Preston, M. W. I. Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2006-01-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/3/397/2006/bg-3-397-2006.pdf

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