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Soil organic carbon

  • Glossary item | Last updated: 03 May 2024

Organic carbon in mineral and organic soils (including peat) to a specified depth.

JRC, 2014, European Commission, Joint Research Centre – IET, Carbon accounting of forest bioenergy : Conclusions and recommendations from a critical literature review, Agostini, A., Giuntoli, J., Boulamanti, A., Marelli, L., 2014, EUR 25354 EN, Luxembourg. Publications Office of the European Union, 2014.

Source category: EC Technical Documents

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