Evolution of carbon fluxes during initial soil formation along the forefield of Damma glacier, Switzerland

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 545-561

  Guelland, K ^e   Hagedorn, F ^a   Smittenberg, R H ^b,d   Goransson H ^c   Bernasconi, S M ^d   Hajdas, I ^e   Kretzschmar, R ^e  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon sources; Chronosequence; DOC; Glacier forefield; Soil formation; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DEGLACIATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RHIZOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; VEGETATION COVER;

DAMMA GLACIER; SWITZERLAND; URI;

EID: 84876297543     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9785-1     Document Type: Article

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