Assessment Methods For Soil Carbon - Taylor & Francis Ltd

Since Carbon Sequestration In Soils Reduces The Amount Of Carbon Available To The Atmosphere, The Kyoto Protocols Have Heightened Interest In Soil Carbon Pools And Their Effect On Carbon Fluxes. Assessment Methods For Soil Carbon Addresses Many Of The Questions Related To The Measurement, Monitoring, And Verification Of Organic And Inorganic Carbon In Soils. The Major Topics Covered Are: Carbon Pools; Soil Sampling And Preparation, Analytical Techniques For Soil Carbon; Soil Erosion And Sedimentation; Remote Sensing, Gis And Modeling; Procedures For Scaling Carbon Data From Point And Local Measurements To Regional And Even National Scales; And Economic And Policy Issues.