Distribution and stability of organic carbon in soil aggregate external and internal layers under three different land-use systems

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1625-1635

  Fan, Ruqin ^a,b   Yang, Xueming ^a   Drury, Craig F ^a   Guo, Xiaobin ^a   Zhang, Xiaoping ^b  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC INCUBATION; EXTERNAL LAYERS; INTERNAL LAYERS; LAND-USE SYSTEMS; MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LAKES; LAND USE; SOILS;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASSLAND SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; WOODLAND;

EID: 84884841979     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2013.03.0086     Document Type: Article

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