Erosion-induced massive organic carbon burial and carbon emission in the Yellow River basin, China

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 945-959

  Ran, L ^a   Lu, X X ^a,b   Xin, Z ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; DATA SET; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84897628170     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-945-2014     Document Type: Article

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