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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1401-2019
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Research article
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05 Apr 2019
Research article |
| 05 Apr 2019
| 05 Apr 2019
Multidecadal persistence of organic matter in soils: multiscale investigations down to the submicron scale
Suzanne Lutfalla
ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, UMR 1402,
Thiverval Grignon, France
Laboratoire de Géologie de l'ENS –
PSL Research University – CNRS UMR 8538, Paris, France
Invited contribution by Suzanne Lutfalla, recipient of the EGU Soil System Sciences Outstanding Student Poster Award 2015.
Laboratoire de Géologie de l'ENS –
PSL Research University – CNRS UMR 8538, Paris, France
Sylvain Bernard
Muséum
National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD,
Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et
de Cosmochimie, Paris, France
Corentin Le Guillou
Unité Matériaux et
Transformations, UMET, CNRS UMR 8207, Université de Lille, Lille, France
Julien Alléon
Muséum
National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD,
Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et
de Cosmochimie, Paris, France
now at: MIT – EAPS Department, Summons Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA
Claire Chenu
Laboratoire de Géologie de l'ENS –
PSL Research University – CNRS UMR 8538, Paris, France
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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.
Soils store large amounts of carbon in soil organic matter, which comes from plant debris and...
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