Soil organic carbon enrichment of dust emissions: Magnitude, mechanisms and its implications for the carbon cycle

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1662-1671

  Webb, Nicholas P ^a   Strong, Craig L ^b   Chappell, Adrian ^c   Marx, Samuel K ^d   Mctainsh, Grant H ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeolian dust; Carbon cycle; Rangelands; Soil nutrients; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DUSTS; CARBON CYCLES; RANGELANDS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; WIND EROSIONS;

AGGREGATES; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; EROSION; QUARTZ; SAND;

SOILS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DUST; ENRICHMENT; EOLIAN PROCESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND EROSION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84886291023     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3404     Document Type: Article

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