Assessment of chemical and biochemical stabilization of organic C in soils from the long-term experiments at Rothamsted (UK)

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 723-733

  De Nobili, M ^a   Contin, M ^a   Mahieu, N ^b   Randall, E W ^b   Brookes, P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; SEPARATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

BIOCHEMICAL STABILIZATION; HUMIC ACIDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; SEPARATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL PROCESS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HUMIFICATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION;

ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL STABILIZATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HUMIFICATION; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BENZOPYRANS; CARBON; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; SOIL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HERTFORDSHIRE; ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38649090370     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.09.025     Document Type: Article

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