Carbon Sequestration in microaggregates of no-tillage soils with different clay mineralogy
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2004
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Soil Science Society of America
Abstract
This study compares the soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration of three different soil types under no-tillage and conventional tillage. In all three soil types, soils under no-tillage had greater total SOC and greater C in microaggregates. More than 90% of the difference in total SOC between no-tillage and conventional tillage was attributable to the difference in microaggregate-associated C, regardless of clay mineralogy differences.
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Soil organic matter, Carbon sequestration, Soil management, Conservation agriculture, Conservation tillage, No-till, Conventional tillage, Soil organic carbon (soc), Microaggregates, Macroaggregates, Particulate organic matter (pom), Field Scale
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Soil Science Society of America Journal 68(6): 1935-1944