The significance of the erosion-induced terrestrial carbon sink

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-346

  Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw ^a   Harte, John ^b   Harden, Jennifer W ^c   Torn, Margaret S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Deposition; Erosion; Soil organic carbon deposition; Soil organic carbon stabilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247232672     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B570408     Document Type: Review

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