Experimental consideration, treatments, and methods in determining soil organic carbon sequestration rates

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 348-360

  Olson, Kenneth R ^a   Al Kaisi, Mahdi M ^b   Lal, Rattan ^c   Lowery, Birl ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; STATISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; SOIL HEALTH INDICATORS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMUS; ORGANIC CARBON; TILLAGE;

EID: 84901809381     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2013.09.0412     Document Type: Review

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