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Soil inorganic carbon

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005929

Soil inorganic carbon (SIC) is the result of mineral weathering. It is derived from soil carbonates and usually concentrated below the topsoil. Most of SIC is in the form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in lower soil layers of arid and semi-arid regions of the world.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005929
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoInorganic carbon; Soil carbon; Calcium carbonate; Global carbon budget; Soil weathering; Soil organic carbon
TranslationsSpanish: carbono inorgánico del suelo
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005929",
  "term": "Soil inorganic carbon",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Soil inorganic carbon (SIC) is the result of mineral weathering. It is derived from soil carbonates and usually concentrated below the topsoil. Most of SIC is in the form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in lower soil layers of arid and semi-arid regions of the world.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "inorganic carbon",
    "soil carbon",
    "calcium carbonate",
    "global carbon budget",
    "soil weathering",
    "soil organic carbon"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "carbono inorgánico del suelo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/soil-inorganic-carbon/"
}

Record 5,840 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.