Soil organic carbon storage changes in Yangtze Delta region, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1021-1028

  Naizheng, Xu ^a,b   Taolin, Zhang ^a   Xingxiang, Wang ^a   Hongying, Liu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Soil organic carbon density; Soil organic carbon storage; Soil organic carbon storage change; Yangtze Delta Region, China

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CITY CONSTRUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND-USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STORAGE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STORAGE CHANGE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON STORAGES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN GROWTH PATTERNS; URBAN TOPSOILS; YANGTZE DELTA;

AGRONOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSION CONTROL; FARMING SYSTEM; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURVEY; TOPSOIL; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 79958229338     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0778-x     Document Type: Article

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