Storage and density of soil organic carbon in urban topsoil of hilly cities: A case study of Chongqing Municipality of China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-34

  Liu, Yong ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Yue, Wenze ^b   Hu, Yanyan ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Landscape Gardening   (China)

Author keywords

hilly city; Kriging interpolation; soil organic carbon (SOC); topsoil

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; ORGANIC CARBON; QUICKBIRD; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; CHONGQING;

EID: 84872435932     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-013-0585-x     Document Type: Article

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