Spatial distributions and sequestrations of organic carbon and black carbon in soils from the Chinese loess plateau

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 465, Issue , 2013, Pages 255-266

  Zhan, Changlin ^a,b,c   Cao, Junji ^a,b   Han, Yongming ^b   Huang, Shaopeng ^a   Tu, Xiaming ^b   Wang, Ping ^b,c   An, Zhisheng ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Char; Chinese Loess Plateau; Soil organic carbon; Soot

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CHAR; CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SOC CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROFILES; SOOT CONCENTRATION;

DUST; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; SILT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOOT;

BLACK CARBON; CHARCOAL; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOOT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LOESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOOT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84884534095     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.113     Document Type: Article

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