The use of stable carbon isotopes for estimating soil organic matter turnover rates

Geoderma

Volumn 82, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 43-58

  Bernoux, Martial ^a   Cerri, Carlos C ^a   Neill, Christopher ^b   De Moraes, Jener F L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Carbon; Modeling; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; MODELLING; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE; TURNOVER RATE;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0031891138     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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