Does the acid hydrolysis-incubation method measure meaningful soil organic carbon pools?

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1023-1035

  Paul, Eldor A ^a   Morris, Sherri J ^b   Conant, Richard T ^a   Plante, Alain F ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CORRELATION METHODS; CURVE FITTING; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

ACID HYDROLYSIS; NONHYDROLYZABLE CARBON (NHC); ORGANIC CARBON POOLS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON(SOC);

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACIDS; CORRELATION METHODS; CURVE FITTING; HYDROLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

CARBON FLUX; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 33646543371     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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