Soil carbon sequestration in India

Climatic Change

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-296

  Lal, R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL INORGANIC CARBON (SIC);

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; KYOTO PROTOCOL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4444352985     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000038202.46720.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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