Using soil redistribution to understand soil organic carbon redistribution and budgets

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 292, 2005, Pages 3-8

  Ritchie, Jerry C ^a   McCarty, Gregory W ^b   Venteris, Erik R ^c   Kaspar, Thomas C ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Ohio Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; Deposition; Erosion; Soil organic carbon; Soil redistribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CAESIUM-137; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC); SOIL REDISTRIBUTION;

CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL EROSION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; PLANTS; SOIL;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17044407004     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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