A mechanistic treatment of the dominant soil nitrogen cycling processes: Model development, testing, and application

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Maggi, F ^a   Gu, C ^a   Riley, W J ^b   Hornberger, G M ^c   Venterea, R T ^d   Xu, T ^b   Spycher, N ^b   Steefel, C ^b   Miller, N L ^b   Oldenburg, C M ^b  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEACHING; MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 51449110403     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000578     Document Type: Article

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