Atmospheric carbon mitigation potential of agricultural management in the southwestern USA

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 95-119

  Martens, Dean A ^a   Emmerich, William ^a   McLain, Jean E T ^a   Johnsen, Thomas N ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Irrigation; Livestock production; No tillage; Soil inorganic carbon; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CROPS; EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL MECHANICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; GRAZING; SEASONAL PRECIPITATION; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; EVAPORATION; FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION; SOIL MECHANICS;

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

EID: 20444470777     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.02.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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