Soil erosion: A carbon sink or source?

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5866, 2008, Pages 1040-1042

  Lal, Rattan ^a   Pimentel, David ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CHANGE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL EROSION; SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 39749083279     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.319.5866.1040     Document Type: Letter

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