Stability of black carbon in soils across a climatic gradient

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Cheng, Chih Hsin ^a,b   Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Thies, Janice E ^a   Burton, Sarah D ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 51449097525     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000642     Document Type: Article

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