Articles | Volume 16, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3233-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3233-2019
Research article
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29 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 29 Aug 2019

Dynamics of deep soil carbon – insights from 14C time series across a climatic gradient

Tessa Sophia van der Voort, Utsav Mannu, Frank Hagedorn, Cameron McIntyre, Lorenz Walthert, Patrick Schleppi, Negar Haghipour, and Timothy Ian Eglinton

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Feb 2019) by Sébastien Fontaine
AR by Tessa Sophia van der Voort on behalf of the Authors (01 Mar 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (05 Mar 2019) by Sébastien Fontaine
AR by Tessa Sophia van der Voort on behalf of the Authors (15 Mar 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Mar 2019) by Sébastien Fontaine
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (09 Jun 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 Jun 2019) by Sébastien Fontaine
AR by Tessa Sophia van der Voort on behalf of the Authors (15 Jul 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (24 Jul 2019) by Sébastien Fontaine
AR by Tessa Sophia van der Voort on behalf of the Authors (29 Jul 2019)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
The carbon stored in soils is the largest reservoir of organic carbon on land. In the context of greenhouse gas emissions and a changing climate, it is very important to understand how stable the carbon in the soil is and why. The deeper parts of the soil have often been overlooked even though they store a lot of carbon. In this paper, we discovered that although deep soil carbon is expected to be old and stable, there can be a significant young component that cycles much faster.
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