Soils are an important site of carbon storage. Climate is generally regarded as one of the
primary controls over soil organic carbon,, but there is still uncertainty about the direction …

The base of Earth's critical zone (CZ) is commonly shielded from study by many meters of
overlying rock and regolith. Though deep CZ processes may seem far removed from the …

High-mountain soils develop in particularly sensitive environments. Consequently,
deciphering and predicting what drives the rates of soil formation in such environments are a …

Soil is central in the terrestrial ecosystem, linking and providing feedback responses to the
other components, ie, water, atmosphere, and vegetation. However, the role of soil in …

The conversion of bedrock to regolith marks the inception of critical zone processes, but the
factors that regulate it remain poorly understood. Although the thickness and degree of …

The weathering and erosion processes that produce and destroy regolith are widely
recognized to be positively correlated across diverse landscapes. However, conceptual and …

Purpose Natural rates of soil production or a target soil thickness that allows unrestricted
land use can serve as a basis for defining tolerable soil erosion rates. Guidelines for …

Soil organic carbon turnover time (τ) is a key component of the carbon cycle. However, the
impact of geochemical and climatic conditions on τ remains poorly understood in high alpine …

Lithologic differences give rise to the differential weatherability of the Earth's surface and
globally variable silicate weathering fluxes, which provide an important negative feedback …

In order to assess the effects of critical zone processes on Mg concentrations and isotopic
signatures of tropical streams, we studied a well constrained, highly weathered andesitic …