Isotopic indicators of carbon and nitrogen cycles in river catchments during soil erosion in the arid Loess Plateau of China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 296-297, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-72

  Liu, Weiguo ^a,b   Xing, Meng ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Isotope; Loess Plateau; Nitrogen; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CARBON AND NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LOESS PLATEAU; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RIVER CATCHMENT; RIVER WATER; SOIL CO; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED MATERIAL; WATER SOURCE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); EROSION; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

CATCHMENTS;

CARBON CYCLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN CYCLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RIVER WATER; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84862799915     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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