Carbon stock by soils and departments in Tunisia

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-55

  Brahim, Nadhem ^a   Gallali, Tahar ^a   Bernoux, Martial ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Map unit; Spatial distribution; Stock by department; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLASSICAL METHODS; LAYER THICKNESS; PEDO-TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STOCK BY DEPARTMENT; TUNISIA;

CARBON; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOILS;

EID: 78649314572     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.46.55     Document Type: Article

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