Dynamics of decadally cycling carbon in subsurface soils

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Koarashi, Jun ^a,b   Hockaday, William C ^c,d   Masiello, Caroline A ^c   Trumbore, Susan E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; SAMPLING; SLAB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867226597     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002034     Document Type: Article

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