Dryland, calcareous soils store (and lose) significant quantities of near-surface organic carbon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 684-702

  Cunliffe, Andrew M ^a   Puttock, Alan K ^a   Turnbull, Laura ^b   Wainwright, John ^b   Brazier, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

enrichment; erosion; semiarid; shrub encroachment; soil organic carbon (SOC); stabilization mechanism

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOTONE; ENRICHMENT; EROSION; GRASSLAND; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUBLAND;

EID: 84966393317     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JF003628     Document Type: Article

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