Quantifying and mapping topsoil inorganic carbon concentrations and stocks: Approaches tested in France

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-38

  Marchant, B P ^a,b   Villanneau, E J ^c   Arrouays, D ^c   Saby, N P A ^c   Rawlins, B G ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre de recherche d'Orléans   (France)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Inorganic carbon; Monitoring; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOSTATISTICS; INORGANIC CARBON; MAPPING METHOD; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL;

FRANCE;

EID: 84924440829     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12158     Document Type: Article

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