Distribution and storage of soil organic carbon in China

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Wu, Haibin ^a,b   Guo, Zhengtang ^a,b   Peng, Changhui ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon density; China; Organic carbon storage; Soil

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORAGE;

CHINA;

EID: 0041912328     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001844     Document Type: Article

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