On the formation of high-latitude soil carbon stocks: Effects of cryoturbation and insulation by organic matter in a land surface model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Koven, C ^a   Friedlingstein, P ^a,b   Ciais, P ^a   Khvorostyanov, D ^c   Krinner, G ^d   Tarnocai, C ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; DEPOSITION PROCESS; EASTERN SIBERIA; HEAT CAPACITIES; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MINERAL SOILS; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMAFROST REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CARBON STOCK; SOIL COMPONENTS; SOIL LAYER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE; THERMAL REGIMES; TOTAL CARBON; VERTICAL MIXING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PERMAFROST; SOILS; THERMAL INSULATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAT; PERMAFROST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 72049101178     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040150     Document Type: Article

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