Estimating soil organic carbon storage and distribution in a catchment of Loess Plateau, China

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 154; no. 3; pp. 261 - 266
• Main Authors: Han, Fengpeng, Hu, Wei, Zheng, Jiyong, Du, Feng, Zhang, Xingchang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 15.01.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geochemistry; Soil and rock geochemistry; Soil organic carbon density; Soil organic carbon distribution; Soil organic carbon storage; Soils; Surficial geology; The Loess Plateau; Shaanxi China; Far East; Asia; Northwest China; China; China, People's Rep., Loess Plateau; China, People's Rep; The Loess Plateau; Soil organic carbon distribution; Soil organic carbon density; Soil organic carbon storage; carbon dioxide; gullies; Forest zone; loess; topography; sandy soils; carbon cycle; Soil investigation; Carbon sequestration; drainage basins; grasslands; land use; bulk density; plateaus; soils; organic carbon; Shrubbery

Using soil as a carbon sink to sequester carbon dioxide has attracted much attention. But there is little research on soil organic carbon (SOC) in the Loess Plateau because of the extremely complex topography. In this study, SOC storage was estimated based on a soil survey of a small catchment in th...