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Stable Isotope Tracers and Mathematical Models in Soil Organic Matter Studies

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Light stable isotopes have become widely used bio-geochemical tracers in earth science and ecology research during the last half of this century. With some exceptions, these applications have originated as a result of pioneering geochemical research at the University of Chicago and the California Institute of Technology in the 1950s and 1960s (Taylor et al. 1991). The breadth of isotopic tracer studies in present-day ecosystem sciences is now so great that it eludes even the most ambitious review article or book.

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  2. Department of Biology and Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Phytotron Building, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

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Amundson, R., Baisden, W.T. (2000). Stable Isotope Tracers and Mathematical Models in Soil Organic Matter Studies. In: Sala, O.E., Jackson, R.B., Mooney, H.A., Howarth, R.W. (eds) Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1224-9_9

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