Impacts of tillage, slope, and erosion on soil organic carbon retention

Soil Science

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 562-567

  Olson, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Moldboard plow tillage; No tillage; Soil organic carbon loss; Soil organic carbon retention; Soil organic carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CULTIVATION; EROSION RATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PLOWING; SLOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; ZERO TILLAGE;

EID: 78649367747     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181fa2837     Document Type: Article

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