Australian net (1950s-1990) soil organic carbon erosion: Implications for CO2 emission and land-atmosphere modelling

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5235-5244

  Chappell, A ^a   Webb, N P ^b   Viscarra Rossel, R A ^a   Bui, E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84907938304     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-5235-2014     Document Type: Article

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