Influence of landscape position and transient water table on soil development and carbon distribution in a steep, headwater catchment

Geoderma

Volumn 226-227, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 279-289

  Bailey, Scott W ^a   Brousseau, Patricia A ^b   McGuire, Kevin J ^c   Ross, Donald S ^b  

^a US Forest Service Northern Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment; Groundwater; Hydropedology; Podzolization; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SOILS; SOLVENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; COARSE-TEXTURED SOILS; HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; HYDROPEDOLOGY; PODZOLIZATION; SOIL CARBON; TRANSIENT SATURATION; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS;

CATCHMENTS;

BASEFLOW; BEDROCK; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; HEADWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEDOGENESIS; PODZOLIZATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; SUBSOIL; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER TABLE;

CARBON; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; RESERVOIRS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

APPALACHIANS; HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898823854     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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