The role of hydrology in annual organic carbon loads and terrestrial organic matter export from a midwestern agricultural watershed

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1448-1462

  Dalzell, Brent J ^a   Filley, Timothy R ^a   Harbor, Jon M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; WATERSHED;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847345549     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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