Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle / Edition 1

by Rattan Lal, John M. Kimble, Ronald F. Follett, B.A. Stewart

Overview

World soils contain about 1500 gigatons of organic carbon. This large carbon reserve can increase atmospheric concentrations of CO2 by soil misuse or mismanagement, or it can reverse the 'greenhouse' effect by judicious land use and proper soil management.
Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle describes soil processes and their effects on the global carbon cycle while relating soil properties to soil quality and potential and actual carbon reserves in the soil. In addition, this book deals with modeling the carbon cycle in soil, and with methods of soil carbon determinations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849374418
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/25/1997
Series:	Advances in Soil Science , #11
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lal, Rattan; Kimble, John M.; Follett, Ronald F.; Stewart, B.A.

Table of Contents

Soil Processes and C Cycles. Carbon Pools in Different Biomes. Soil Structure and Other Physical Processes for C Sequestration. Soil Chemical Processes. Soil Biological Properties. Soil Erosion and C Dynamics. Soil Quality and C Sequestration. Modeling C Dynamics. Methods of SOC Determination. Impact of Climate on C Dynamics. Index.

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