Soil organic carbon storage and changes with reduction in agricultural activities in Hong Kong

Geoderma

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 412-419

  Zhang, H B ^a,c   Luo, Y M ^a,c   Wong, M H ^a,b   Zhao, Q G ^a,c   Zhang, G L ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Depth distribution; Hong Kong; Land use; Soil organic carbon (SOC)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HONG KONG; LAND USE; SOILS;

DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; PADDY FIELDS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC); SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STORAGE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BULK DENSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; ORCHARD; PADDY FIELD; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; GRASS LANDS; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG;

EID: 34247482375     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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