The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 164, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-99

  Stockmann, Uta ^a   Adams, Mark A ^a   Crawford, John W ^a   Field, Damien J ^a   Henakaarchchi, Nilusha ^a   Jenkins, Meaghan ^a   Minasny, Budiman ^a   McBratney, Alex B ^a   Courcelles, Vivien de Remy de ^a   Singh, Kanika ^a   Wheeler, Ichsani ^a   Abbott, Lynette ^b   Angers, Denis A ^c   Baldock, Jeffrey ^d   Bird, Michael ^e   Brookes, Philip C ^f   Chenu, Claire ^g   Jastrow, Julie D ^h   Lal, Rattan ⁱ   Lehmann, Johannes ^j   O'Donnell, Anthony G ^b   Parton, William J ^k   Whitehead, David ^l   Zimmermann, Michael ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g Agrotech   (France)

^h ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^k Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^l LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Soil carbon modelling; Soil carbon pools; Soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 84869867491     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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