Carbon fluxes and sinks: The consumption of atmospheric and soil CO 2 by carbonate rock dissolution

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 963-972

  Cao, Jianhua ^a,b   Yuan, Daoxian ^a,b   Chris, Groves ^b,c   Huang, Fen ^a,b   Yang, Hui ^a,b   Lu, Qian ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF KARST GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Under the Auspices of UNESCO   (China)

^c WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon flux and sink; Carbon transfer; Carbonate rock; Exchange between inorganic carbon and organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SINK; CARBONATE ROCK; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; SHRUB; SOIL COVER; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84867352619     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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