Erosion-driven drawdown of atmospheric carbon dioxide: The organic pathway

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Hovius, Niels ^a   Galy, Albert ^a   Hilton, Robert G ^b   Sparkes, Robert ^a   Smith, Joanne ^a   Shuh Ji, Kao ^c   Hongey, Chen ^d   In Tian, Lin ^d   Joshua West, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON TRANSFER; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; HILLSLOPES; HOTSPOTS; LANDSLIDING; MOUNTAIN BELTS; NEW ZEALAND; ROUTING SYSTEM; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SUBMARINE CHANNEL; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; LANDFORMS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BEDROCK; BELT; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL ZONE; EROSION; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; MAGNITUDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE; TURBIDITY;

ALPS; NEW ZEALAND; TAIWAN;

EID: 79955968273     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.082     Document Type: Article

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