Loss on ignition: Measuring soil organic carbon in soils of the sahel, west africa

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3088-3095

  Konare, H ^a   Yost, R S ^b   Doumbia, M ^a   Mccarty, G W ^c   Jarju, A ^d   Kablan, R ^b  

^a INSTITUT D'ECONOMIE RURALE   (Mali)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d National Agricultural Research Institute   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Carbon sequestration; Combustion; Loss on ignition; Mali; Sahel; Walkley and black

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650109778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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