Uncertainty in soil carbon accounting due to unrecognized soil erosion

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 264-272

  Sanderman, Jonathan ^a   Chappell, Adrian ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Carbon accounting; Carbon sequestration; Deposition; Erosion; Soil carbon; Soil carbon modelling; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEPOSITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

CALIBRATION; CARBON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84870713434     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12030     Document Type: Article

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