Fire-derived organic carbon in soil turns over on a centennial scale

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2847-2857

  Singh, N ^a   Abiven, S ^a   Torn, M S ^b   Schmidt, M W I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; ORGANIC CARBON; PYROLYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TURNOVER;

EID: 84864614817     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-2847-2012     Document Type: Article

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