Comparison of three carbon determination methods on naturally occurring substrates and the implication for the quantification of 'soil carbon'

Soil Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Conyers, M K ^a   Poile, G J ^a   Oates, A A ^a   Waters, D ^a   Chan, K Y ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Industry and Investment NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heanes; Leco; Walkley Black

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DEGREE OF PRECISION; HEANES; INORGANIC CARBON; LECO; LONG-TERM TREND; LOSS-ON-IGNITION; NATURALLY OCCURRING; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TESTS; WALKLEY-BLACK;

CARBONATES; CHARCOAL; GRAPHITE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL TESTING; SUBSTRATES; TESTING;

SOILS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARTIFACT; CARBONATE; CHROMIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TEST; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 79955407466     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR10103     Document Type: Article

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