Soil erosion in New Zealand is a net sink of CO2

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1763-1772

  Dymond, John R ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Carbon sink; Soil carbon; Soil recovery

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON EROSION; CARBON EXPORT; CARBON RECOVERY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CARBON TRANSFER; CONVEYOR BELTS; DIGITAL MAP; EROSION MODELS; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEA FLOOR; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT; SOIL RECOVERY; SOUTH ISLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELT CONVEYORS; EROSION; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SOILS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; EROSIVITY; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 78649767893     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2014     Document Type: Article

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