Predicting the long-term fate of buried organic carbon in colluvial soils

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-79

  Wang, Zhengang ^a,b   Van Oost, Kristof ^a   Govers, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

modeling; soil erosion; soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ORGANIC CARBON; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TOLERANCE;

EID: 85027927171     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004912     Document Type: Article

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