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Soil carbon sequestration in the dryland cropping region of the Pacific Northwest

T.T. Brown and D.R. Huggins
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation September 2012, 67 (5) 406-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.67.5.406
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