Legacy of human-induced C erosion and burial on soil-atmosphere C exchange

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 19492-19497

  Van Oost, Kristof ^a   Verstraeten, Gert ^b   Doetterl, Sebastian ^a   Notebaert, Bastiaan ^b   Wiaux, François ^a   Broothaerts, Nils ^b   Six, Johan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geomorphic cascade; Global carbon cycling; Human impact; Soil erosion; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODPLAIN; HUMAN; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; STRENGTH;

ATMOSPHERE; BELGIUM; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869859028     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211162109     Document Type: Article

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