Organic and inorganic carbon in soils of semiarid regions: A case study from the Guadix-Baza basin (Southeast Spain)

Geoderma

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 65-80

  Díaz Hernández, José L ^a,c   Barahona Fernández, Enrique ^b   Linares González, José ^b  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Agrarias   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Agroalimentarya Pesquera   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcareous soils; Caliches; Deep profiles; Late Pleistocene; Organic and inorganic carbon; Soil carbon storage

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; HEAVY METAL; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON;

ANDALUCIA; GUADIX-BAZA BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 0242584818     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(02)00342-7     Document Type: Article

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