Soil organic carbon mobilization by interrill erosion: Insights from size fractions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 348-360

  Wang, Zhengang ^a,b   Govers, Gerard ^a   Oost, Kristof Van ^b   Clymans, Wim ^a   Den Putte, An Van ^a   Merckx, Roel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgian loamy soils; enrichment ratio; Interrill erosion; mobilization; organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT; INTERRILL EROSION; LOAM; LOESS; MOBILIZATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 84880652353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JF002430     Document Type: Article

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