Soil Carbon Sequestration Rates After Land-Use Change

A literature review and data summary on soil organic carbon accumulation rates following agricultural land conversion to natural vegetation. The dataset, compiled by W. M. Post of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, provides approximate sequestration rates and discusses factors influencing carbon storage in soil. Average accumulation rates are reported as 33.8 g C m–2 y–1 for forest establishment and 33.2 g C m–2 y–1 for grassland establishment.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil carbon stock changes based on reported sequestration rates.
• Analyzing the relationship between land-use history and carbon accumulation potential.
• Benchmarking carbon sequestration projects against literature-derived average rates.
• Studying the influence of vegetation productivity and soil conditions on carbon storage.

Strengths

• Provides specific average carbon accumulation rates: 33.8 g C m–2 y–1 for forests and 33.2 g C m–2 y–1 for grasslands.
• Discusses key influencing factors like vegetation productivity and soil disturbance history.
• Compiled by a researcher from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a known institution in environmental science.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• The description notes a large variation in sequestration rates, indicating potential data heterogeneity.

Provenance

Source

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CDIAC data transition website.

Collection Method

Literature review and data summary.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

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