Articles | Volume 11, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6209-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6209-2014
Research article
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17 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 17 Nov 2014

Aggregates reduce transport distance of soil organic carbon: are our balances correct?

Y. Hu and N. J. Kuhn

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