Soil carbon sequestration potential of US croplands and grasslands: Implementing the 4 per ThoUSAnd Initiative

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 68A-74A

  Chambers, Adam ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b   Paustian, Keith ^c  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84968665586     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: 19413300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.71.3.68A     Document Type: Article

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