Measuring soil organic carbon sequestration in aggrading temperate forests

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2164-2172

  Richardson, Matthew ^a   Stolt, Mark ^b  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; CHRONOSEQUENCES; FOREST TYPE; NEW ENGLAND; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

LAKES; SOILS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL DRILLING;

FORESTRY;

AGGRADATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST SOIL; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); SOIL CARBON; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHELATION; DRILLING; FORESTRY; LAKES; SOIL;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891953197     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2012.0411     Document Type: Article

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