The first systematic examination of the role of geomorphological
processes in the cycling of carbon through the terrestrial system.
- Argues that knowledge of geomorphological processes is fundamental to
understanding the ways in which carbon is stored and recycled in the
terrestrial environment
- Integrates classical geomorphological theory with understanding of
microbial processes controlling the decomposition of organic matter
- Develops an interdisciplinary research agenda for the analysis of the
terrestrial carbon cycle
- Informed by work in ecology, microbiology and biogeochemistry, in
order to analyse spatial and temporal patterns of terrestrial carbon
cycling at the landscape scale
- Considers the ways in which, as Humanity enters the Anthropocene, the
application of this science has the potential to manage the
terrestrial carbon cycle to limit increases in atmospheric carbon