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Articles | Volume 20, issue 24
Articles | Volume 20, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-5229-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-5229-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 24
Research article
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22 Dec 2023
Research article |  | 22 Dec 2023

Adjustments to the Rock-Eval® thermal analysis for soil organic and inorganic carbon quantification

Joséphine Hazera, David Sebag, Isabelle Kowalewski, Eric Verrecchia, Herman Ravelojaona, and Tiphaine Chevallier

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This study adapts the Rock-Eval® protocol to quantify soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil inorganic carbon (SIC) on a non-pretreated soil aliquot. The standard protocol properly estimates SOC contents once the TOC parameter is corrected. However, it cannot complete the thermal breakdown of SIC amounts > 4 mg, leading to an underestimation of high SIC contents by the MinC parameter, even after correcting for this. Thus, the final oxidation isotherm is extended to 7 min to quantify any SIC amount.
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