Uncertainties and novel prospects in the study of the soil carbon dynamics

Chemosphere

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 791-804

  Wang, Yang ^a   Hsieh, Yuch Ping ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Radiocarbon; Soil carbon cycle; Soil CO2; Soil organic matter; Turnover time

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOILS;

CARBON CYCLE;

CARBON;

CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TURNOVER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON SOURCE; ISOTOPE LABELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLANTS; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 0036887913     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00381-8     Document Type: Article

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