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Critical Zone science — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Critical Zone science

Scope: interdisciplinary

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 69 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on Critical Zone science with 69 nodes and 142 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Crested Butte, Climate Change Impacts, Integrating airborne remote sensing and field camp.

Definition

Interdisciplinary study of the Earth's surface layer from vegetation canopy to groundwater, focusing on coupled physical, chemical, and biological processes

Related Terms (2)

CZCZ science

Publications (3)

River thorium concentrations can record bedrock fracture processes including some triggered by distant seismic events

2023Nature Communications

Surface parameters and bedrock properties covary across a mountainous watershed: Insights from machine learning and geophysics

2022Science Advances

Integrating airborne remote sensing and field campaigns for ecology and Earth system science

2020Methods in Ecology

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concentration-discharge relationship

phenomenon2 shared papers

Geology

process1 shared paper

Soil characteristics

measurement1 shared paper

Soil health

phenomenon1 shared paper

Slope stability

phenomenon1 shared paper

Graben formation

process1 shared paper

groundwater hydrology

process1 shared paper

nitrogen fixation

process1 shared paper

NOX emissions

measurement1 shared paper

Topographic Mapping

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae1 paper

Engelmann Spruce

Pinaceae1 paper

Populus

Salicaceae1 paper

Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra

Salicaceae1 paper

Populus angustifolia

Salicaceae1 paper

Salix brachycarpa

Salicaceae1 paper

trees and shrubs

Picea/Abies spp.