Persistence of soil organic matter in eroding versus depositional landform positions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw ^a   Harden, Jennifer W ^b   Torn, Margaret S ^c,d   Kleber, Markus ^e   Burton, Sarah D ^f   Harte, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRACTIONATION; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PERSISTENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84861861493     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001790     Document Type: Article

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