Evidence for carbon saturation in a highly structured and organic-matter-rich soil

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-138

  Chung, Haegeun ^a,b   Ngo, Kathie J ^a   Plante, Alain ^c   Six, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

MWD, mean weight diameter; POM, particulate organic matter; SOC, soil organic Carbon; SOM, soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SATURATION; CEREAL GRAINS; CONCENTRATION OF; GRASSLAND SOILS; MACROAGGREGATES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER; MINERAL SOILS; N FERTILIZATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; SATURATION CAPACITIES; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL FRACTIONS; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL SIZE FRACTIONS; SOIL TYPES;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHELATION; EXPERIMENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC CARBON; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WELL DRILLING;

SOILS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CEREAL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MACROAGGREGATE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ELLERSLIE;

EID: 73849129712     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0097     Document Type: Article

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