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Exploring Atypical Stabilization Pathways Using Pool-Based Modeling

dc.contributor.authorSohi, Saran
dc.contributor.authorYates, Helen
dc.contributor.authorLehmann, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Biqing
dc.contributor.authorGaunt, John
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-13T23:24:38Z
dc.date.available2006-09-13T23:24:38Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractSimulation models that explicitly account for the impact and interaction of soil and environmental variables can assist in predicting the accumulation of C and its rate of turnover. Relevant, verifiable (i.e. measurable) pools of Soil Organic Matter (SOM) provide the most robust basis for elucidating the underlying mechanisms. We have developed a model based around three measurable pools of SOM which can be measured using a density-based fractionation procedure, and verified by extensive chemical characterization. The model has been optimized against measurements of C and N and isotope-tracers in several soils amended with isotope-labeled organic matter. According to recent estimates black C is a much larger component of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) in typical agricultural soils than previously assumed. Since black C may also be the most stable form of organic C in the soil, the amount of black C in the soil must impact both on the bulk rate of soil C mineralization (turnover) and the extent to which a particular management intervention can alter SOC. Until now our simulations have not accounted explicitly for the effect of black C on the dynamics of each pool. We are now examining how black C is characterized by physical location within the soil matrix, and in order to account for the influence of black C using this model affects C mineralization, and the distribution of charcoal between each of the measured fractions.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/3502
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectModelingen_US
dc.subjectPoolsen_US
dc.subjectSoil organic matteren_US
dc.titleExploring Atypical Stabilization Pathways Using Pool-Based Modelingen_US
dc.typepresentationen_US

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