Drivers and patterns of iron redox cycling from surface to bedrock in a deep tropical forest soil: a new conceptual model

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 177-190

  Hall, Steven J ^a   Liptzin, Daniel ^b   Buss, Heather L ^c   DeAngelis, Kristen ^d   Silver, Whendee L ^e  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical zone; Iron oxidation; Iron reduction; Mineral weathering; Oxygen; Redox; TEAP

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BEDROCK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRITICAL STATE; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL RESPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84989170489     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-016-0251-3     Document Type: Article

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