Catchment vegetation and erosion controls soil carbon cycling in south-eastern Australia during the last two Glacial-Interglacial cycles

Francke, A.1-3* , Dosseto, A. 1,2,4, Forbes, M. 4,5, Cadd, H.4,6, Short, J.7,8, Sherborne-Higgins, B.2,4, 5 Constantine, M. 6, Tyler, J.3, Tibby, J.7,8, Marx, S.2,4, Dodson, J.9, Mooney, S. 6, and Cohen, T.J.2,4 6 7 8 1 Wollongong Isotope Geochronology Laboratory, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, 9 University of Wollongong, Australia 10 2 GeoQuEST Research Centre, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of 11 Wollongong, Australia 12 3 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia 13 4 ARC Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Heritage, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life 14 Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia 15 5 KCB Australasia pyt ltd, Brisbane, Australia 16 6 School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, 17 Australia 18 7 Department of Geography, Environment and Population, University of Adelaide, Australia 19 8 Sprigg Geobiology Centre, University of Adelaide, Australia 20 9 Institute for Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Science, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China 21 22 * corresponding author: alexander.francke@adelaide.edu.au 23