Storm pulses and varying sources of hydrologic carbon export from a mountainous watershed

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 440-441, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-101

  Jung, Byung Joon ^a   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a   Jeong, Jong Jin ^a   Owen, Jeffrey ^b   Kim, Bomchul ^a   Meusburger, Katrin ^c   Alewell, Christine ^c   Gebauer, Gerhard ^d   Shope, Christopher ^d   Park, Ji Hyung ^e  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Extreme events; Hydrologic carbon export; Particulate organic carbon; Soil carbon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON EXPORT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXTREME EVENTS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CARBON; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; RAIN; SOILS; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BASEFLOW; CARBON FLUX; DISCHARGE; FOREST FLOOR; HEADWATER; LEACHING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STORM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

CARBON; DISSOLVING; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; MOUNTAINS; SOIL EROSION; WATER SHEDS;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84860326100     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.030     Document Type: Article

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