Variation of soil organic carbon estimates in mountain regions: A case study from Southwest China

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 449-456

  Zhang, Y ^a,c   Zhao, Y C ^a   Shi, X Z ^a,c   Lu, X X ^b   Yu, D S ^a   Wang, H J ^a   Sun, W X ^a   Darilek, J L ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Projection area; Soil organic carbon (SOC); Soil profile statistics (SPS); Surface area; Variation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INSULATING MATERIALS; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SYSTEM THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CASE STUDIES; COMPLEX LANDFORMS; DESCRIPTOR; FARMING SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGIC UNITS; GLOBAL SCALING; GUANGXI; GUIZHOU; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; PROJECTION AREA; RUGGED TERRAINS; SOC STORAGE; SOIL DEPTHS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC); SOIL PROFILE STATISTICS (SPS); SOIL PROFILING; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL TYPES; SOIL-ORGANIC CARBON; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SURFACE AREA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; VARIATION;

SOILS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FARMING SYSTEM; MOUNTAIN REGION; ORGANIC CARBON; SLOPE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; TERRAIN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; GUIZHOU; YUNNAN;

EID: 49649102956     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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