Tinted detail of a photo: Close-up of reddish brown soil packed with rounded pebbles in cream, yellow and brown, crossed by grey tree roots.
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Soil System Sciences

Loess Plateau

Monday paper: Soil organic carbon dynamics of black locust plantations in the middle Loess Plateau area of China

Lu, N., Liski, J., Chang, R. Y., Akujärvi, A., Wu, X., Jin, T. T., Wang, Y. F., Fu, B. J. 2013. Soil organic carbon dynamics of black locust plantations in the middle Loess Plateau area of China. Biogeosciences 10, 7053-7063. DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-7053-2013 Abstract Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest terrestrial carbon pool and sensitive to land use and cover change; its dynamics are critical for carbon cycling in …[Read More]