Climate controls on soil respired CO2 in the United States: Implications for 21st century chemical weathering rates in temperate and arid ecosystems

Chemical Geology

Volumn 358, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-45

  Cotton, Jennifer M ^a   Jeffery, M Louise ^a,b   Sheldon, Nathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical weathering; Climate change; Precipitation; Soil CO2; Soils

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SILICATE WEATHERING; SOIL CO; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WATER; WEATHERING;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884715694     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.08.048     Document Type: Article

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