Determining soil organic carbon for agricultural soils: A comparison between the Walkley & Black and the dry combustion methods (north Belgium)

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 346-353

  Meersmans, J ^a   Van Wesemael, B ^a   Van Molle, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Land use; Recovery; SOC; Soil type; Walkley and Black

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; SILT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70450192250     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2009.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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