The effect of petrocalcic horizons on the content and distribution of organic carbon in a Mediterranean semiarid landscape

Catena

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-86

  Díaz Hernández, José L ^a   Barahona Fernández, Enrique ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcareous soils; Caliches; Carbon sequestration; Carbon stocks; Soil carbon storage; Soil organic and inorganic carbon

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; CALICHE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PEDOGENESIS; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 44349189114     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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