Best management practices for oil palm cultivati on peat: Ground water-table maintenance in relation to peat subsidence and estimation of CO 2 emissions at Sessang, Sarawak

Journal of Oil Palm Research

Volumn 23, Issue AUGUST, 2011, Pages 1078-1086

  Othman, Hasnol ^a   Mohammed, Ahmad Tarmizi ^a   Darus, Farawahida Mohamad ^a   Harun, Mohd Haniff ^a   Zambri, Muhammad Pilus ^b  

^a MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

^b Level 9 Menara HLA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Decomposition; Oil palm; Peat; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ELAEIS;

EID: 84863947109     PISSN: 15112780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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