After Landslides, Soil Carbon Storage Recovers Rapidly

Monday, November 23, 2009 - 13:56 in Earth & Climate

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have investigated carbon and nitrogen accumulation in soils formed on debris flows in a coniferous forest in southern California. Soil formation was studied using a space-for-time substitution, in which debris flows of various ages were used to approximate soil formation over time.

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