A dual isotope approach to isolate soil carbon pools of different turnover times

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8067-8081

  Torn, M S ^a,b   Kleber, M ^c   Zavaleta, E S ^d   Zhu, B ^a   Field, C B ^e   Trumbore, S E ^f  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MASS BALANCE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TURNOVER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890194409     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-8067-2013     Document Type: Article

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