Evidence against recent climate-induced destabilisation of soil carbon from 14C analysis of riverine dissolved organic matter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Evans, Chris D ^a   Freeman, Chris ^b   Cork, Lorna G ^a,b   Thomas, David N ^b   Reynolds, Brian ^a   Billett, Michael F ^a   Garnett, Mark H ^c   Norris, David ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CARBON; LAND USE; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

DESTABILISATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON; SOIL CARBON;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL WATER; STREAMWATER;

EID: 34250742564     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029431     Document Type: Article

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