Vertical distribution of total carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in riparian soils of Walnut Creek, southern Iowa

Catena

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-273

  Schilling, Keith E ^a   Palmer, Jason A ^b,c   Bettis III, E Arthur ^d   Jacobson, Peter ^e   Schultz, Richard C ^b   Isenhart, Thomas M ^b  

^a Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Holocene alluvium; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Riparian zone; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; RIPARIAN ZONE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT CREEK;

JUGLANS;

EID: 62249188838     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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