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Table 9 Net change in SOC pool within 21 years from 1993 to 2014

From: Assessment of land use change and its effect on soil carbon stock using multitemporal satellite data in semiarid region of Rajasthan, India

Land use

a1993

a2003

b2014

SOC (t/ha)

SOC (Mt C)

SOC (t/ha)

SOC (Mt C)

SOC (t/ha)

SOC (Mt C)

Dry deciduous forest

37.78

102.96

37.78

101.58

37.78

97.36

Tropical thorn forest

28.41

61.08

28.41

43.40

28.41

36.53

Scrubland

24.91

34.18

24.91

38.58

24.91

23.37

Agricultural cropland

20.95

8.81

22.42

33.44

23.22

35.49

Agricultural Plantation

27.94

14.87

30.37

18.49

31.99

32.16

Agricultural fallow land

28.58

65.26

25.98

40.55

20.17

35.14

Total

 

287.16

 

276.04

 

260.05

  1. aBased on IPCC guideline
  2. bBased on field data