Vertical patterns of stable carbon isotope in soils and particle-size fractions of karst areas, Southwest China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1119-1127

  Zhu, Shufa ^a,b   Liu, Congqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Karst areas; Particle size fractionation; Soil organic matter; Southwest China; Stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIMESTONE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS;

KARST AREAS; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOUTHWEST CHINA; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KARST; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33747735601     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0285-2     Document Type: Article

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