Landslide impact on organic carbon cycling in a temperate montane forest

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1670-1679

  Hilton, Robert G ^a   Meunier, Patrick ^b   Hovius, Niels ^c   Bellingham, Peter J ^d   Galy, Albert ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Landscape turnover; Landslides; Montane forest; New Zealand; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDSLIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LANDSCAPE TURNOVER; MONTANE FORESTS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITIES; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIC CARBON CYCLING; TEMPERATE MONTANE FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; LANDSLIDE; MONTANE FOREST; ORGANIC CARBON; OVERLAND FLOW;

CARBON; EARTH MOVEMENT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; NEW ZEALAND; PRECIPITATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 80052616314     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2191     Document Type: Article

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