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Originally Posted by Michaelangelica
I am having troubles understanding some abbreviations in the book, "Amazonian Dark Earths" Can any one help? (No I don't have a copy of the book)
Talking about organic and inorganic carbon in soil ; they use this abbreviation "Mg C ha-1 m-1"
The "-1"s are above the line.
So ADE, Soil Organic Carbon stocks are estimated at " 147-506 Mg C ha-1 m-1 "(p127). What does that mean?
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I believe this is the amount of carbon present in the soil over one hectare, measured to a depth of 1m, with Mg being Mega-grams or scientific jargon for 1 tonne... so if you use the right metric conversion factors, you can use this number to find how much carbon is present in a cubic meter of the soil.
