Is the Walkley-Black method suitable for organic carbon determination in Chilean volcanic soils?

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1862-1872

  Matus, Francisco J ^a   Escudey, Mauricio ^b   Förster, Juan E ^b   Gutiérrez, Marlen ^b   Chang, Andrew C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic soils; Dry combustion; Organic carbon determination; Wet oxidation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VOLCANIC SOIL;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449707568     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620902896746     Document Type: Article

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