Estimated increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide due to worldwide decrease in soil organic matter

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1713-1719

  Mullen, R W ^a   Thomason, W E ^a   Raun, W R ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; DECOMPOSITION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE; SOIL;

EID: 0032789014     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629909370324     Document Type: Article

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