An approach to include soil carbon changes in life cycle assessments

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 217-224

  Petersen, Bjørn Molt ^a   Knudsen, Marie Trydeman ^b   Hermansen, John Erik ^c   Halberg, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Aarhus University   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Carbon sequestration; Conventional Soybean; LCA; Organic; Soil carbon; Straw

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONVENTIONAL SOYBEAN; LCA; ORGANIC; SOIL CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; OILSEEDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; STRAW;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84878418603     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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