Carbon mineralization in an arid soil amended with thermally-dried and composted sewage sludges

Geoderma

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 497-503

  Fernández, José M ^a   Plaza, César ^a   Hernández, Diana ^a   Polo, Alfredo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Composting; Model fitting; Organic amendment; Sewage sludge; Thermal drying

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; DRYING; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CARBON MINERALIZATION; MODEL FITTING; ORGANIC AMENDMENT;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; MINERALIZATION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOST; DRYING;

EID: 33845896780     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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