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Charles T. Garten is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work focuses on several specialized topics, including:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer

Their recent academic output includes a publication titled Enriched Background Isotope Study (EBIS): Analysis of 14C-Enriched Carbon Cycle in Soils and Litter at Forested Oak Ridge and AmeriFlux Sites, 2001-2011, released in 2024. This study was published through the OSTI OAI platform, affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information.

Charles T. Garten has frequently collaborated with a number of researchers, including:

  • Paul J. Hanson
  • D. E. Todd
  • Jana R. Phillips
  • Christopher W. Swanston
  • Karis J. McFarlane

Their scholarly contributions have appeared in venues such as:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Best Publications

  • Separating root and soil microbial contributions to soil respiration: A review of methods and observations

    P. J. Hanson;N. T. Edwards;C. T. Garten;J. A. Andrews

  • Characterization of Biochars Produced from Cornstovers for Soil Amendment

    James W. Lee;Michelle Kidder;Barbara R. Evans;Sokwon Paik

  • High-value renewable energy from prairie grasses.

    Samuel B McLaughlin Jr;D. De La Torre Ugarte;Charles T Garten Jr;L. Lynd

  • Variation in Foliar 15N Abundance and the Availability of Soil Nitrogen on Walker Branch Watershed

    Charles T. Garten

  • Spatial scaling of functional gene diversity across various microbial taxa.

    Jizhong Zhou;Sanghoon Kang;Christopher W. Schadt;Charles T. Garten

  • Indicators to support environmental sustainability of bioenergy systems

    Allen C. McBride;Virginia H. Dale;Latha M. Baskaran;Mark E. Downing

  • Forest soil carbon inventories and dynamics along an elevation gradient in the southern Appalachian Mountains

    Charles T Garten Jr;Wilfred M Post;Paul J Hanson;Lee W Cooper

  • Relationships between soil nitrogen dynamics and natural 15N abundance in plant foliage from Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Charles T. Garten;Helga Van Miegroet

  • Initial characterization of processes of soil carbon stabilization using forest stand-level radiocarbon enrichment

    Christopher W. Swanston;Margaret S. Torn;Paul J. Hanson;John R. Southon

  • Soil carbon inventories under a bioenergy crop (switchgrass): measurement limitations

    Charles T Garten Jr;Stan D Wullschleger

  • Measured forest soil C stocks and estimated turnover times along an elevation gradient

    Charles T. Garten;Paul J. Hanson

  • CLIMATE CONTROLS ON FOREST SOIL C ISOTOPE RATIOS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

    Charles T Garten Jr;Lee W Cooper;Wilfred M Post;Paul J Hanson

  • Sources of sulphur in forest canopy throughfall

    Steven Eric Lindberg;Charles T Garten Jr

  • Soil carbon dynamics beneath switchgrass as indicated by stable isotope analysis.

    Charles T Garten Jr;Stan D Wullschleger

  • Correlations between concentrations of elements in plants

    Charles T. Garten

  • Temporal changes in C and N stocks of restored prairie: implications for C sequestration strategies.

    Roser Matamala;Julie D Jastrow;Raymond M Miller;Charles T Garten Jr

  • Foliar δ13C within a temperate deciduous forest: spatial, temporal, and species sources of variation

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  • Soil carbon storage beneath recently established tree plantations in Tennessee and South Carolina, USA

    Charles T Garten

  • Variability in soil properties at different spatial scales (1 m-1 km) in a deciduous forest ecosystem

    Charles T Garten Jr;S. Kang;S. Kang;Deanne Jane Brice;Christopher Warren Schadt

  • Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for the environmental determination of total carbon and nitrogen in soils.

    Madhavi Z. Martin;Stan D. Wullschleger;Charles T. Garten;Anthony V. Palumbo

  • Soil moisture surpasses elevated CO2 and temperature as a control on soil carbon dynamics in a multi-factor climate change experiment

    Charles T. Garten;Aimée T. Classen;Richard J. Norby

  • Contribution of foliar leaching and dry deposition to sulfate in net throughfall below deciduous trees

    Charles T Garten Jr;E. A. Bondietti;Ronny D Lomax

Frequent Co-Authors

Stan D. Wullschleger
Stan D. Wullschleger Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Paul J. Hanson
Paul J. Hanson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wilfred M. Post
Wilfred M. Post University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Julie D. Jastrow
Julie D. Jastrow Argonne National Laboratory
Tristram O. West
Tristram O. West Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Richard J. Norby
Richard J. Norby University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Christopher W. Schadt
Christopher W. Schadt Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Virginia H. Dale
Virginia H. Dale University of Tennessee at Knoxville
James E. Amonette
James E. Amonette Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Donald E. Todd
Donald E. Todd Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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