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Selected Publications:

• Wang Z, Van Oost, K., Govers G. 2015 Predicting the long-term fate of buried organic carbon in colluvial soils. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.  DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004912.
• Wiaux F et al. 2014. Factors controlling soil organic carbon persistence along an eroding hillslope on the loess belt. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 77: 187-196. 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.05.032
• Van Oost, K. et al. 2012. Legacy of human-induced C erosion and burial on soil–atmosphere C exchange. PNAS November 20, 2012 vol. 109 no. 47 19492-19497.
• Doetterl et al., 2012. Geomorphic controls on C Cycling. Global Change Biology Volume 18, Issue 7, pages 2218–2232 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02680.x
• Van Oost, K., T. A. Quine, G. Govers, S. De Gryze, J. Six, J.W. Harden, J.C. Ritchie, G.W. McCarty, G. Heckrath, K. Cosmas, J.V. Giraldez, J.R. Marques da Silva, R. Merck. 2007. The impact of agricultural soil erosion on the global carbon cycle. Science, 318:626-629. Click here for a copy of the paper (PDF file).
• Billings, S. A., Buddemeier, R. W., Richet, D. D && Van Oost, K (2010) .A simple method for estimating the influence of eroding soil profiles on atmospheric CO2. Global Biogeochemical Cycles Volume: DOI: 10.1029/2009gb003560
• Quinton, J.N., Govers., G., Van Oost, K. and Bargett, R. (2010) The impact of agricultural soil erosion on biogeochemical cycling. Nature Geoscience 3(5): 311-314. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo838
• Van Oost, K., Cerdan, O., Quine, T.A. (2009). Accelerated sediment fluxes by water and tillage erosion on European agricultural land. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 34(12): 1625-1634. DOI: 10.1002/esp.1852
• T.A. Quine and K. Van Oost (2007). Quantifying carbon sequestration as a result of soil erosion and deposition: retrospective assessment using caesium-137 and carbon inventories. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01457.x
• Van Oost, K. Govers, G. S. deAlba and T. A. Quine (2006), Tillage erosion: a review of controlling factors and implications for soil quality. Progress in Physical Geography 30(4), 443-466 (2006). DOI:10.1191/0309133306pp487ra
• Van Oost, K., Govers, G., Heckrath, G., Quine, T.A., Oleson, J. and Merckx. R. (2005),Landscape-scale modeling of carbon cycling under the impact of soil redistribution. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19 (4), GB4014, DOI:10.1029/2005GB002471
• Van Oost, K., Govers, G., Van Muysen, W., (2003), A Process-Based Conversion Model For Caesium-137 Derived Erosion Rates On Agricultural Land: An Integrated Spatial Approach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28(2): 187-207. DOI:10.1002/esp.446
• Van Oost, K., Govers, G., Desmet, P.J.J., (2000), Evaluating the effects of changes in landscape structure on soil erosion by water and tillage. Landscape Ecology 15: 577-589.DOI:10.1023/A:1008198215674
• Van Oost, K., Govers, G., Van Muysen, W., Quine, T.A., (2000), Modeling translocation and dispersion of soil constituents by tillage on sloping land. Soil Science Society of America 64(5), 1733-1739.