Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-873-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-873-2014
Research article
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13 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 13 Feb 2014

The fate of buried organic carbon in colluvial soils: a long-term perspective

Z. Wang, K. Van Oost, A. Lang, T. Quine, W. Clymans, R. Merckx, B. Notebaert, and G. Govers

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