CO2 concentrations in vertisols: Seasonal variability and shrink-swell

SEPM Special Publications

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-45

  Breecker, Daniel O ^a   Yoon, Junyeon ^a   Michel, Lauren A ^b   Dinka, Takele M ^c   Driese, Steven G ^b   Mintz, Jason S ^b   Nordt, Lee C ^b   Romanak, Katherine D ^d   Morgan, Cristine L S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Seasonal; Shrink swell; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927914632     PISSN: 1060071X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2110/sepmsp.104.08     Document Type: Article

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