Age of riverine carbon suggests rapid export of terrestrial primary production in tropics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5687-5691

  Martin, Erin E ^a,b   Ingalls, Anitra E ^a   Richey, Jeffrey E ^a   Keil, Richard G ^a   Santos, Guaciara M ^c   Truxal, Laura T ^a   Alin, Simone R ^a,d   Druffel, Ellen R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

lignin; Mekong; radiocarbon; residence time; tropics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; MEKONG; PLANT-DERIVED CARBON; RADIOCARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESIDENCE TIME; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIGNIN; RIVERS; TROPICS;

CARBON;

AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAGNITUDE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PHENOL; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL CARBON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIMESCALE; VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84887284013     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057450     Document Type: Article

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