Environmental and site factors controlling the vertical distribution and radiocarbon ages of organic carbon in a sandy soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1015-1026

  Hobley, Eleanor ^a,b   Willgoose, Garry R ^a   Frisia, Silvia ^b   Jacobsen, Geraldine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Fractions; Radiocarbon; Soil organic carbon; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BEDROCK; CHARCOAL; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SANDY SOIL; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STABILIZATION; TOPSOIL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84887989983     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0800-z     Document Type: Article

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