• Quantifying Carbon Loss from Riparian Topsoil Erosion in Korea

  • Jung-Hwan Yoon1, Seung-Min Oh2, Hyuck-Soo Kim1, and Jae E. Yang1*

  • 1Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
    2Agro-material research team, Namhae Chemical Corporation, Yeosu 59618, Republic of Korea

  • 표토 침식에 의한 수변구역의 탄소 손실량 산정

  • 윤정환1ㆍ오승민2ㆍ김혁수1ㆍ양재의1*

  • 1강원대학교 바이오자원환경학과, 2남해화학 농자재연구팀

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(6): 88-95

    Published on Dec 31, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.6.088
  • Received on Oct 29, 2025
  • Revised on Nov 28, 2025
  • Accepted on Dec 4, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Jae E. Yang

  • Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea

  • E-mail: yangjay@kangwon.ac.kr