Soil redistribution and organic carbon accumulation under long-term (29 years) upslope tillage systems

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-373

  Zhang, J H ^a   Li, F C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Soil erosion; Soil organic carbon; Tillage direction; Tillage erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL COVER; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84884210820     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12040     Document Type: Article

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