Soil redistribution and weathering controlling the fate of geochemical and physical carbon stabilization mechanisms in soils of an eroding landscape

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1357-1371

  Doetterl, S ^a,b   Cornelis, J T ^b,d   Six, J ^c   Bode S ^a   Opfergelt, S ^b   Boeckx, P ^a   Van Oost, K ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BIOMASS; CARBON SINK; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOSOL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION; WEATHERING;

EID: 84923884309     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-1357-2015     Document Type: Article

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