Local-scale spatial variability of soil organic carbon and its stock in the hilly area of the Loess Plateau, China

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Wang, Yafeng ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a   Lü, Yihe ^a   Song, Chengjun ^a   Luan, Yong ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Land use change; Loess Plateau; Soil organic carbon (SOC); Soil quality; Stratification ratio

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL CLIMATE; HILL; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TOPSOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 70849135410     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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