Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1401-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1401-2019
Research article
 | 
05 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 05 Apr 2019

Multidecadal persistence of organic matter in soils: multiscale investigations down to the submicron scale

Suzanne Lutfalla, Pierre Barré, Sylvain Bernard, Corentin Le Guillou, Julien Alléon, and Claire Chenu

Viewed

Total article views: 2,737 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
1,751 905 81 2,737 342 69 86
  • HTML: 1,751
  • PDF: 905
  • XML: 81
  • Total: 2,737
  • Supplement: 342
  • BibTeX: 69
  • EndNote: 86
Views and downloads (calculated since 18 Sep 2018)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 18 Sep 2018)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 2,737 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 2,524 with geography defined and 213 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 14 Dec 2024
Download
Short summary
Soils store large amounts of carbon in soil organic matter, which comes from plant debris and roots. The mechanisms protecting it from biodegradation are not fully understood. Here, we carry out a size-fractionation of soil sampled on different dates in a field experiment. Using carbon and nitrogen content and spectroscopy and microscopy we conclude that organic matter enriched in nitrogen is preferentially protected from biodegradation and that clay minerals have differing protective abilities.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint