Erosion of soil organic carbon: Implications for carbon sequestration

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 183, Issue , 2009, Pages 189-202

  Van Oost, Kristof ^a   Van Hemelryck, Hendrik ^b   Harden, Jennifer W ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences ^*  (Belgium)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84899793771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GM000326     Document Type: Article

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