Thesis
The importance of the Amazonian floodplains in the global carbon cycle
Southern Cross University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25918/thesis.171
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Abstract
The Amazon floodplains consist of lakes and inundated forests covering an area of approximately 840,000 km2. This thesis measured sediment accretion and carbon burial rates in the past century on the Amazon floodplains, through the 210Pb and plutonium sediment dating methodology, and compared these values to the CO2 and CH4 emissions rates. The carbon burial results in this thesis indicate a total carbon accumulation of 32 Tg yr-1 for the Amazon floodplains. Therefore this research will contribute to a better understanding of the carbon budget in the Amazon floodplains, which is significant to the global carbon cycle.
Details
- Title
- The importance of the Amazonian floodplains in the global carbon cycle
- Creators
- Luciana Silva Monteiro Sanders
- Contributors
- Kathryn H Taffs (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityDebra Stokes (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityAlex Enrich-Prast (Supervisor) - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
- Awarding Institution
- Southern Cross University; Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Theses
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
- Publisher
- Southern Cross University
- Number of pages
- 223
- Identifiers
- 991012970570202368
- Copyright
- © LS Monteiro Sanders 2018
- Academic Unit
- School of Environment, Science and Engineering; Southern Cross GeoScience
- Resource Type
- Thesis