The pyrogenic carbon cycle

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 273-298

  Bird, Michael I ^a   Wynn, Jonathan G ^b   Saiz, Gustavo ^c   Wurster, Christopher M ^a   McBeath, Anna ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochar; Biomass burning; Black carbon; Carbon cycle; Carbon isotopes; Charcoal

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FOSSIL FUELS; SEDIMENTS;

BIO CHARS; BIOMASS-BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON ISOTOPES;

CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CARBON CYCLE; PERSISTENCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REMINERALIZATION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84925406482     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060614-105038     Document Type: Article

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