Chemical and biological processes leading to the neutralisation of acidity in soil incubated with litter materials

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 805-813

  Marschner, Bernd ^a   Noble, Andrew D ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid neutralisation; Ash alkalinity; DOC; Litter; Mineralization

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECARBOXYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MIXING; NEUTRALIZATION; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL; SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON; TEMPERATURE;

ACID SOIL; ACIDITY; INCUBATION; LITTER; NEUTRALIZATION;

CASTANEA SATIVA; MELIA AZEDARACH;

EID: 0034086276     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00209-6     Document Type: Article

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