Land use and site effects on the distribution of carbon in some humic soil profiles of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Land use effects on the stocks of soil organic carbon (SOC) are generally based on the topsoil. Although subsoil horizons have lower concentrations, they contain a significant amount of SOC which may be more strongly protected than that in the topsoil layers. Analysis of SOC storage must therefore i...

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Main Authors: Ntwanano Moirah Malepfane, Pardon Muchaonyerwa, Jeffrey Charles Hughes, Rebecca Zengeni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021028127