Methods of separating soil carbon pools affect the chemistry and turnover time of isolated fractions

Radiocarbon

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-97

  Castanha, Cristina ^a   Trumbore, Susan ^b   Amundson, Ronald ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISPERSION; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; KAOLINITE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TURNOVER; VERMICULITE;

EID: 70350112335     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200043381     Document Type: Article

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