Landscape level differences in soil carbon and nitrogen: Implications for soil carbon sequestration

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 61-1-61-14

  Garten, Charles T ^a   Ashwood, Tom L ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land cover; Mineral associated organic matter; Nitrification; Nitrogen mineralization; Particulate organic matter; Topography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; LAND COVER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; STORAGE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0037696587     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001918     Document Type: Article

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