The influence of mineral characteristics on organic matter content, composition, and stability of topsoils under long-term arable and forest land use

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kaiser, M ^a,e   Ellerbrock, R H ^a   Wulf, M ^a   Dultz, S ^b   Hierath, C ^c   Sommer, M ^a,d  

^a Institute of Land Use Systems Leibniz Centre of Agricultural Landscape Research   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Institute of Soil Science Leibniz University of Hannover ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARABLE LAND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LAND USE CHANGE; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXALATE; PH; SOIL TYPE; TOPSOIL;

EID: 84861876330     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001712     Document Type: Article

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