I am broadly interested in carbon cycle biogeochemistry. My research is focused on the mechanisms of carbon stabilization and de-stabilization in terrestrial soils, particularly organic matter-mineral associations.
2018
Contrasting Fe speciation in two humid forest soils: Insight into organomineral associations in redox-active environments. Elizabeth K.Coward, AaronThompson, Alain F.Plante (2018): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
2019
Controls of iron abundance and crystallinity on organomineral associations under contrasting long-term land use. Thompson, Aaron, Elizabeth K Coward, Daniel Markewitz, Daniel deB. Richter, Allan R Bacon, Alain F Plante (2019): American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 9-13, 2019
2017
Soil organic matter stabilization by Fe-C interactions in temperate and tropical soils: A cross-CZO comparison. Coward, E.K., Thompson, A., and Plante, A.F. (2017): Critical Zone Science: Current Advances and Future Opportunities, Arlington, VA, 4-6 June, 2017 Cross-CZO
2017
Iron-Carbon Complexation at the Critical Zone: Impacts of Metal Speciation and Ligand Structure. Coward, Elizabeth (2017): University of Pennsylvania
2017
Differential chemical fractionation of dissolved organic matter during sorption by Fe mineral phases in a tropical soil from the Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory. Plante, Alain F., Elizabeth Coward, Tsutomu Ohno, Aaron Thompson (2017): American Geophysical Union 2017 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 11-15 December 2017
2016
Soil organic matter stabilization by Fe-C interactions in temperate and tropical soils: A cross-CZO comparison. Coward, E.K., Thompson, A., Markewitz, D., Richter, D. deB., and Plante, A.F. (2016): Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 6-9 November 2016 Cross-CZO
2015
Iron-mediated C stability in two tropical soils. Coward, E.K., Plante, A.F. (2015): Luquillo CZO Cyber Seminar
2015
Fe-C associations and soil organic matter stability in two tropical soils of contrasting parent materials . Coward, L., Thompson, A., and Plante, A.F. (2015): Soil interfaces for sustainable development (ISMOM 2015), a joint meeting of Commission 2.5 of the International Union of Soil Science, Canadian Society of Soil Science, Association québécoise des spécialistes en sciences du sol, Montréal, Canada.
2014
Fe-C associations and soil organic matter stability in tropical soils of two contrasting parent materials . Coward EK & AF Plante (2014): SOM6 workshop. Kiawah Island, SC
2014
Fe-C associations and soil organic matter stability . Coward, EK (2014): All-hands Meeting of the Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory, Luquillo, PR.
2014
Fe-C interactions and soil organic matter stability in two tropical soils of contrasting parent materials. Elizabeth Coward, Aaron Thompson (2014): AGU Fall Meeting. San Fransisco, CA
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Interactions and soil organic matter stability in two tropical soils of contrasting parent materials
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