The unified north american soil map and its implication on the soil organic carbon stock in north america

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2915-2930

  Liu, S ^a   Wei, Y ^a   Post, W M ^a   Cook, R B ^a   Schaefer, K ^b   Thornton, M M ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SUBSOIL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOPSOIL;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877856792     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2915-2013     Document Type: Article

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