Geomorphology and the Carbon Cycle

Contents

Series Editors' Preface viii

Acknowledgements ix

Part I The Terrestrial Carbon Cycle and Geomorphological Theory 1

1 Geomorphology and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle 3

2 Geomorphology and the Fast Carbon Cycle 12

3 Geomorphology and the Geological Carbon Cycle 37

4 Geomorphological Theory and Practice: Material Fluxes in the

Terrestrial Carbon Cycle 53

Part II Geomorphology and Carbon Cycling Across the

Sediment Cascade 77

5 Carbon Cycling in Headwater Catchments 79

6 Hillslope Soil Erosion and Terrestrial Carbon Cycling 110

7 The Role of Floodplains in Terrestrial Carbon Cycling 136

8 Geomorphology and Carbon Cycling in the Coastal Ecotone 167

Part III A Geomorphological Approach to the Carbon Cycle 191

9 Geomorphology and Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene 193

10 Towards a Geomorphologically Informed Model of Terrestrial

Carbon Cycling 218

References 240

Index 287

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• Processos geológicos superficiais (geomorfologia)

geomorphological processes; carbon cycling; terrestrial system; recycled; terrestrial environment; geomorphological theory; microbial processes; decomposition; organic matter; terrestrial carbon cycle; ecology; microbiology; biogeochemistry; Anthropocene