Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle

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.

List 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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About the author

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

Summary

World soils contain about 1500 gigatons of organic carbon

Product details

• Authors: Douglas L. Karlen, Rattan Lal, Annett Weigel
• Assisted by: E. Amezquita (Editor), Ronald F. Follett (Editor), Follett Ronald F. (Editor), John M. Kimble (Editor), Kimble John M. (Editor), Rattan Lal (Editor), Lal Rattan (Editor), B.A. Stewart (Editor), Bobby A. Stewart (Editor), B.A. Stewart (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.1997
• EAN: 9780849374418
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-7441-8
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 1280 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Advances in Soil Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Soil science, sedimentology, Sedimentology and pedology