DOC sources and DOC transport pathways in a small headwater catchment as revealed by carbon isotope fluctuation during storm events

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3043-3056

  Lambert, T ^a,c   Pierson Wickmann, A C ^a   Gruau, G ^a   Jaffrezic, A ^a,b   Petitjean, P ^a   Thibault, J N ^b   Jeanneau, L ^a  

^a Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HEADWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FRANCE;

EID: 84902168628     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-3043-2014     Document Type: Article

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