Edaphic controls on soil organic carbon retention in the Brazilian cerrado: Texture and mineralogy

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1204-1214

  Zinn, Yuri L ^a,b   Lal, Rattan ^a   Bigham, Jerry M ^a   Resck, Dimas V S ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGICAL CONTROL; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC) RETENTION; TEXTURAL CONTROL;

CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; IRON OXIDES; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; IRON OXIDES; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CERRADO; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TEXTURE;

EID: 34447536513     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0014     Document Type: Article

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