Equations for predicting soil organic carbon using loss-on-ignition for north central U.S. soils

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1878-1881

  Konen, Michael E ^a   Jacobs, Peter M ^b   Lee Burras, C ^c   Talaga, Brandi J ^d   Mason, Joseph A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; IGNITION;

LOSS-ON -IGNITION (LOI);

SOILS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; PREDICTION;

(CENTRAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036852946     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2002.1878     Document Type: Article

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