Long term effects of topsoil depth and amendments on particulate and non particulate carbon fractions in a Miamian soil of Central Ohio

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 121, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-17

  Srinivasan, V ^a   Maheswarappa, H P ^a,b   Lal, R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ICAR CENTRAL PLANTATION CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregate associated carbon; Aggregate stability; Amendments; Simulated erosion; Stratification ratio

Indexed keywords

ADDITION METHOD; AGGREGATE STABILITY; AMENDMENTS; ARTIFICIAL SOILS; BULK DENSITY; C/N RATIO; DIFFERENT SIZES; ERODED SOILS; FIELD CONDITIONS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT; MACROAGGREGATES; MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER; NATURAL FIELD CONDITIONS; OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY , COLUMBUS; ORGANIC MANURE; ORGANIC RESIDUES; PARTICULATE CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE SOIL; SUSTAINED PRODUCTIVITY; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS; TOC CONCENTRATIONS; TOP SOILS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURNOVER RATE; UNDISTURBED SOILS; WATER STABLE AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATES; EROSION; LAKES; MANURES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALFISOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BULK DENSITY; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NITROGEN; TOPSOIL;

MIAMI COUNTY [OHIO]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856901870     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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