Using bulk soil radiocarbon measurements to estimate soil organic matter turnover times

Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 549-559

  Harrison, Kevin G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; LAND USE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

CHANGING CLIMATE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CARBON STORAGE; SOIL CARBON TURNOVER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER TURNOVER;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 0343593568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203739273     Document Type: Chapter

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