Microaggregation and organic matter storage at the silt-size scale

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Virto, I ^a   Barre P ^b   Chenu, C ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Clay mineralogy; Microaggregates; Organic matter storage; Size and density fractionation; Soil aggregation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FRACTIONS; MICROAGGREGATION; ORGANIC MATTER (OM); SIZE SCALING; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL ORGANIC C (SOC); SOIL SAMPLES;

AGGREGATION; CLAY MINERAL; DISPERSION; FRACTIONATION; KAOLINITE; MICROAGGREGATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; SILT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TYPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 48349144510     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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