Soil aggregation and the stabilization of organic carbon as affected by erosion and deposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-65

  Wang, Xiang ^a   Cammeraat, Erik L H ^a   Cerli, Chiara ^a   Kalbitz, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Density fractionation; Erosion and deposition; Lignin degradation; Macro aggregation; Organo mineral interaction; SOC mineralization; SOC stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894099645     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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