Erosion, deposition, and the persistence of soil organic matter: Mechanistic considerations and problems with terminology

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 908-912

  Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw ^a   Kleber, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Soil erosion; Soil organic matter persistence; SOM carbon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MINERALS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TIME-SCALES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITION; EROSION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TIMESCALE; TOPSOIL;

EID: 84879206597     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3408     Document Type: Article

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