Spatial variability and sampling optimization of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen for Minesoils of the Loess Plateau using geostatistics

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 159-164

  Wang, Jinman ^a   Yang, Ruixuan ^b   Bai, Zhongke ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Ministry of Land and Resources of China   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Minesoils; Soil organic carbon; Spatial variability; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COAL MINES; COAL RECLAMATION; INTERPOLATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; RECLAMATION; REVEGETATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LOESS PLATEAU; MINESOILS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL NITROGEN;

LAND RECLAMATION;

GEOSTATISTICS; RECLAIMED LAND; REVEGETATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84928809891     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.103     Document Type: Article

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