The stable isotopes approach to study C and N sequestration processes in a plant-soil system

Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Innovative Methods

Volumn 9783642223563, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-144

  Celano, Giuseppe ^a   Alluvione, Francesco ^b   Mohamed, Mostafa Abdel Aziz Ali ^a   Spaccini, Riccardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MAIZE SOIL; NATURAL SYSTEMS; ORGANICS; PLANT NUTRITION; SEQUESTRATION PROCESS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL SYSTEMS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

SOILS;

EID: 84871512665     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23385-2_5     Document Type: Chapter

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