Black carbon contributes to organic matter in young soils in the Morteratsch proglacial area (Switzerland)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1265-1274

  Eckmeier, E ^a   Mavris, C ^b   Krebs, R ^c   Pichler, B ^b   Eg, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AUTOCHTHON; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL WARMING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE;

ALPS; GRAUBUNDEN; MORTERATSCH GLACIER; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84901032735     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-1265-2013     Document Type: Article

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