Distribution of black carbon in ponderosa pine forest floor and soils following the High Park wildfire

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3029-3039

  Boot, C M ^a   Haddix, M ^a   Paustian, K ^a   Cotrufo, M F ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; BLACK CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND SURFACE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

CACHE LA POUDRE BASIN; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930226838     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3029-2015     Document Type: Article

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