Relationships between 137Cs and soil organic carbon (SOC) in cultivated and never-cultivated soils: An Australian example

Geoderma

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 137-147

  Martinez, C ^a   Hancock, G R ^a   Kalma, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesium 137 (137Cs); Soil erosion; Soil organic carbon (SOC)

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL OXIDATIONS; CAESIUM-137; CLIMATIC REGIONS; CULTIVATED SOILS; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; HILLSLOPES; LAND USE HISTORY; SMALL CATCHMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC); SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION; SOIL TYPES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS;

CESIUM;

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; HILLSLOPE; LAND USE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955774979     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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