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Stabilization and destabilization of soil organic matter—a new focus

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  1. Forest Science Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    Phillip Sollins

  2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Livermore, CA, USA

    Chris Swanston

  3. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA

    Marc Kramer

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Sollins, P., Swanston, C. & Kramer, M. Stabilization and destabilization of soil organic matter—a new focus. Biogeochemistry 85, 1–7 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-007-9099-x

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