Nitrogen and carbon flow from rock to water: Regulation through soil biogeochemical processes, Mokelumne River watershed, California, and Grand Valley, Colorado

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Holloway, JoAnn M ^a,b   Smith, Richard L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW PATTERN; LEACHING; ROCK; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL NITROGEN; STREAMWATER; WATER; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO; GRAND VALLEY; MOKELUMNE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750348024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000124     Document Type: Article

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