Part I. Basic Concepts

Pedogenic Carbonates and the Global Carbon Cycle

R. Lal

J.M. Kimble

Global Carbon Stocks

H. Eswaran

P.F. Reich

J.M. Kimble

F.H. Beinroth

E. Padmanabhan

P. Moncharoen

Soil Inorganic Carbon and Global Change

H.W. Scharpenseel

A. Mtimet

J. Freytag

Pedogenic Carbonate Transformations in Leaching Soil Systems: Implications for the Global C Cycle

L.C. Nordt

L.P. Wilding

L.R. Drees

Part II. Analytical Methods

The Use of Stable Isotopes in Studying Carbonate Dynamics in Soils

A.R. Mermut

R. Amundson

T.E. Cerling

Quantification of the Incorporation of Atmospheric CO2 in Calcic Horizons

G.W.W. Elbersen

G.R. Davies

L.P. van Reeuwijk

R.P.T. Janssen

Coprecipitation of Ca and Mg from a Carbonic System under Atmospheric Conditions

M.S. Heakal

S.A.A. El-Raies

A. Al-Farraj

A.S. Mashhady

Part III. Secondary Carbonates in Soils of Different Regions

Pedogenic Carbonate Pools and Climate Change in Australia

R.W. Fitzpatrick

R.H. Merry

The Relationship between Lithogenic and Pedogenic Carbonate Fluxes in Steppe Soils, and Regularities of Their Profile Dynamics for the Last Four Millennia

Y.A. Ryskov

A.V. Borisov

S.A. Oleinik

E.A. Ryskova

V.A. Demkin

Pedogenic Carbonate of Aridic Soils in China and its Significance in Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Systems

G. Pan

T. Guo

Secondary Calcium Carbonate in Soils of Arid and Semiarid Regions of India

D.K. Pal

G.S. Dasong

S. Vadivelu

R.L. Ahuja

T. Bhattacharyya

Carbonate Pools in Soils of the Mediterranean: A Case Study from Anatolia

S. Kapur

C. Saydam

E. Akca

V.S. Cavusgil

C. Karaman

I. Atalay

Turkan Ozsoy

Some Calcareous Soils Developed on Recent Quaternary Basalt in Southeast Syria

S. Khalaf

J.C. Revel

M. Guiresse

M. Kaemmerer

Morphology, Distribution and Environmental Significance of Pedogenic Carbonates in Relict Soils of Tunisia

B. Houman

Aridity and Climatic Changes in the Northern Sahara (Case of Tunisia)

A. Mtimet

Part IV.

Impact of Agriculture on CO2 as Affected by Changes in Inorganic Carbon

D.L. Suarez

Biotic and Abiotic Processes and Rates of Pedogenic Carbonate Accumulation in the Southwestern United States---Relationship to Atmospheric CO2 Sequestration

H.C. Monger

R.A. Gallegos

Part V. Conclusion and Recommendations

Inorganic Carbon and the Global C Cycle: Research and Development Priorities

R. Lal

J.M. Kimble

Index