Modelling the sensitivity of soil mercury storage to climate-induced changes in soil carbon pools

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2393-2407

  Hararuk, O ^a   Obrist, D ^b   Luo, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL CARBON;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885620071     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2393-2013     Document Type: Article

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