Climatic and geomorphic controls on the erosion of terrestrial biomass from subtropical mountain forest

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hilton, Robert G ^a   Galy, Albert ^b   Hovius, Niels ^b   Kao, Shuh Ji ^c   Horng, Ming Jame ^d   Chen, Hongey ^e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CARBON TRANSFER; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; EROSION PROCESS; FORESTED HILLSLOPES; GEOLOGICAL TIMESCALES; GEOMORPHIC CONTROLS; HIGH FLOW; HIGH RATE; HILLSLOPES; LINEAR RELATION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; MOUNTAIN RIVERS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE; TIME-PERIODS; UPPER BOUND; WATER DISCHARGES;

BIOSPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EROSION; FORESTRY; RUNOFF; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENTS;

BIOEROSION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MONTANE FOREST; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RAINFALL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TECTONIC SETTING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84865462302     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GB004314     Document Type: Article

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