Preferred term
total organic carbon
Definition
A complete explanation of the intended meaning of a concept- A measure of the amount of organic carbon in a sample of soil (or water) used to estimate the fraction of organic matter in this soil, commonly calculated from the approximate proportion of 58% carbon mass in relation to the total mass of organic matter.
Broader concept
Broader conceptNote
Notes- organic carbon in the soil; soil carbon stock; greenhouse gases; carbon sequestration.
Belongs to group
Group which the concept belongs to.In other languages
Terms for the concept in other languages.Portuguese (Brazil)
Spanish
URI
http://agrotermos.dados.embrapa.br/agrotermos/c_040000002e