Subsidence of agricultural lands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California: Role of aqueous and gaseous carbon fluxes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2359-2367

  Deverel, Steven J ^a,b   Rojstaczer, Stuart ^a,b  

^a Duke University ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; MARSH; MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CARBON FLUX; LAND SUBSIDENCE; MARSH; RECLAMATION;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO; USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY;

EID: 0029659721     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01338     Document Type: Article

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