Modeling black carbon degradation and movement in soil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 223-236

  Foereid, Bente ^a   Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Major, Julie ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biochar; Black carbon; Decomposition; Dissolved black carbon; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOESS; MASS BALANCE; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROFILE; SUBSOIL;

EID: 79960563097     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0773-3     Document Type: Article

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