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Mapping soil organic carbon fractions for Australia, their stocks, and uncertainty
Mercedes Román Dobarco
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Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, 1 Central Avenue, Eveleigh, 2015, NSW, Australia
Alexandre M. J-C. Wadoux
Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, 1 Central Avenue, Eveleigh, 2015, NSW, Australia
Brendan Malone
CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Black Mountain, ACT, Australia
Budiman Minasny
Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, 1 Central Avenue, Eveleigh, 2015, NSW, Australia
Alex B. McBratney
Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, 1 Central Avenue, Eveleigh, 2015, NSW, Australia
Ross Searle
CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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Soil organic carbon (SOC) is of a heterogeneous nature and varies in chemistry, stabilisation mechanisms, and persistence in soil. In this study we mapped the stocks of SOC fractions with different characteristics and turnover rates (presumably PyOC >= MAOC > POC) across Australia, combining spectroscopy and digital soil mapping. The SOC stocks (0–30 cm) were estimated as 13 Pg MAOC, 2 Pg POC, and 5 Pg PyOC.
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