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Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt (2016)
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Wang, J., Jin, Z., Hilton, R., Zhang, F., Li, G., Densmore, A., …West, A. (2016). Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt. Geology, 44(6), 471-474. https://doi.org/10.1130/g37533.1

On geological time scales, the erosion of carbon from the terrestrial biosphere and its burial in sediments can counter CO2 emissions from the solid Earth. Earthquakes may increase the erosion of this biospheric carbon and supply it to mountain river... Read More about Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt.

Erosion of organic carbon in the Arctic as a geological carbon dioxide sink (2015)
Journal Article
Hilton, R., Galy, V., Gaillardet, J., Dellinger, M., Bryant, C., O’Regan, M., …Calmels, D. (2015). Erosion of organic carbon in the Arctic as a geological carbon dioxide sink. Nature, 524(7563), 84-87. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14653

Soils of the northern high latitudes store carbon over millennial timescales (thousands of years) and contain approximately double the carbon stock of the atmosphere1, 2, 3. Warming and associated permafrost thaw can expose soil organic carbon and re... Read More about Erosion of organic carbon in the Arctic as a geological carbon dioxide sink.

New views on old carbon in the Amazon river: Insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes (2013)
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Clark, K., Hilton, R., West, A., Malhi, Y., Gröcke, D., Bryant, C., …New, M. (2013). New views on old carbon in the Amazon river: Insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(5), 1644-1659. https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20122

[1] Mountain rivers play a key role in the delivery of particulate organic carbon (POC) to large river systems and the ocean. Due to the extent of its drainage area and runoff, the Amazon River is one of Earth's most important biogeochemical systems.... Read More about New views on old carbon in the Amazon river: Insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes.