A pedogenic goethite record of soil CO2 variations as a response to soil moisture content

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7099-7116

  Gulbranson, Erik L ^a   Tabor, Neil J ^b   Montañez, Isabel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIFEROUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOETHITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE;

EID: 80054093444     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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