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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-2847-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-2847-2012
Research article
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01 Aug 2012
Research article |  | 01 Aug 2012

Fire-derived organic carbon in soil turns over on a centennial scale

N. Singh, S. Abiven, M. S. Torn, and M. W. I. Schmidt

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