Soil organic and inorganic carbon contents of landscape units in Belgium derived using data from 1950 to 1970

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-47

  Lettens, S ^a   Van Orshoven, J ^a   Van Wesemael, B ^b   Muys, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Matching procedure; Soil inorganic carbon; Soil organic carbon; Stocks

Indexed keywords

SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2342618295     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SUM2003221     Document Type: Article

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