Erosion of organic matter from sandy soils: Solving the mass balance

Catena

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-95

  Kuhn, Nikolaus J ^a   Armstrong, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Conventional farming; Erosion; Organic farming; Organic matter enrichment; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ENRICHMENT; EROSIVITY; INTERRILL EROSION; KINETIC ENERGY; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC FARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

ENGLAND; SHROPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864035857     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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