Timothy A. Quine

TL;DR: Using caesium-137 and carbon inventory measurements from a large-scale survey, consistent evidence is found for an erosion-induced sink of atmospheric carbon equivalent to approximately 26% of the carbon transported by erosion.

TL;DR: The results highlight that the impacts of VPD on vegetation growth should be adequately considered to assess ecosystem responses to future climate conditions.

TL;DR: The caesium-137 technique for investigating rates and patterns of soil loss has now been successfully applied in a wide range of environments as discussed by the authors, but some uncertainty still surrounds the ability of the technique to provide quantitative estimates of rates of erosion.

TL;DR: The use of 137C measurements to provide information on rates of soil loss and deposition averaged over the past 30 years would appear to offer considerable potential for providing information on patterns and rates of erosion and deposition within individual fields and their overall sediment budgets.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use radionuclide and soil organic carbon (SOC) data for two agricultural fields in Europe to undertake a spatial analysis of sediment and SOC fate during erosion and deposition in agricultural uplands.