Soil organic carbon fractions and aggregate stability in carbonated and no carbonated soils in Tunisia

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-137

  Bouajila, Adelhakim ^a   Gallali, T ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Calcium carbonate; Humic compounds; Organic carbon; Particulate organic carbon; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349096840     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2008.127.137     Document Type: Article

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