Catchment-scale carbon redistribution and delivery by water erosion in an intensively cultivated area

Geomorphology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 65-74

  Wang, Zhengang ^a   Govers, Gerard ^a   Steegen, An ^a   Clymans, Wim ^a   Van den Putte, An ^a   Langhans, Christoph ^a   Merckx, Roel ^a   Van Oost, Kristof ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgian agricultural catchments; Selectivity; Soil organic carbon; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CARBON CYCLE; DEPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUMMER; WATER EROSION; WINTER;

EID: 77957687638     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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