Validation testing of a portable kit for measuring an active soil carbon fraction

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2330-2340

  Stiles, Cynthia A ^a,b   Hammer, R David ^c   Johnson, Mark G ^c   Ferguson, Richard ^a   Galbraith, John ^d   O'Geen, Toby ^e   Arriaga, Julie ^f   Shaw, Joey ^f   Falen, Anita ^g   McDaniel, Paul ^g   Miles, Randy ^h  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b NRCS   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SOILS; COLORIMETRIC REACTION; REACTANT SOLUTION; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; SOIL CHANGES; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SAMPLE; VALIDATION TESTING;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

SOIL TESTING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; MINERALOGY; PRECISION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURVEY; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 83055198364     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0350     Document Type: Article

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