Modern soil system constraints on reconstructing deep-time atmospheric CO2

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-75

  Montañez, Isabel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOLLISOL; PALEOSOL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VERTISOL;

EID: 84869392261     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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