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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1703-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1703-2021
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10 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 10 Mar 2021

Long-term bare-fallow soil fractions reveal thermo-chemical properties controlling soil organic carbon dynamics

Mathieu Chassé, Suzanne Lutfalla, Lauric Cécillon, François Baudin, Samuel Abiven, Claire Chenu, and Pierre Barré

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Evolution of organic carbon content in soils could be a major driver of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations over the next century. Understanding factors controlling carbon persistence in soil is a challenge. Our study of unique long-term bare-fallow samples, depleted in labile organic carbon, helps improve the separation, evaluation and characterization of carbon pools with distinct residence time in soils and gives insight into the mechanisms explaining soil organic carbon persistence.
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