Organic-carbon fractions in an agricultural topsoil assessed by the determination of the soil mineral surface area

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 699-705

  Séquaris, Jean Marie ^a   Guisado, Gregorio ^a,b   Magarinos, Maria ^a,c   Moreno, Carlos ^a   Burauel, Peter ^a   Narres, Hans Dieter ^a   Vereecken, Harry ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BASF Coatings SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clay associated OC; Mineral specific surface area; N2 gas adsorption method; OC fractions; OC sequestration; Soil physical fractionation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650428420     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200800224     Document Type: Article

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