Soil organic carbon stocks in the high mountain permafrost zone of the semi-arid Central Andes (Cordillera Frontal, Argentina)

• Published in: CATENA
• Main Authors: Kuhry, Peter, Makopoulou, Eirini, Pascual Descarrega, Didac, Pecker Marcosig, Ivanna, Trombotto, Dario Tomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: ANDES; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND COVER; LANDFORM; MOUNTAIN PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL ZONE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Suecia; Warming Land; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/203512

This study presents the first detailed soil organic carbon (SOC) inventory for a high mountain permafrost zone in the semi-arid Central Andes of South America. We describe plant cover and soil profiles at 31 sites representing the main land cover and landform types in the Veguitas catchment (Cordill...