Does the Walkley-Black method determine soil charcoal?

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 15-16, 1999, Pages 2299-2310

  Skjemstad, J O ^a   Taylor, J A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHARCOAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHARCOAL; METHODOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SOIL;

EID: 0032845695     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629909370373     Document Type: Article

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