Organic matter stabilization in two semiarid tropical soils: Size, density, and magnetic separations

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1247-1257

  Shang, C ^a   Tiessen, H ^b  

^a Grande Prairie Regional College   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TROPICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

MICROAGGREGATES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SONICATION;

SOILS;

ORGANIC MATTER; SEMIARID REGION; SEPARATION; STABILIZATION; TROPICAL SOIL;

EID: 0032170953     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200050015x     Document Type: Article

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