Spatial distribution, chemistry and turnover of organic matter in soils / by Ahmad Golchin.
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1996
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Golchin, Ahmad
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This thesis describes the concept of organic matter turnover and various methods to measure the decay rates of organic materials in the soil. Methods are developed to separate SOM from different locations within the soil matrix. Free particulate organic matter (POM), located between or outside the soil aggregates is isolated. Occluded POM is disaggregeted by sonification. The compositional differences noted among the three components of SOM are used to describe the changes that OM undergoes during decomposition. The process is followed as organic matter enters the soil, is enveloped in aggregates and is eventually incorporated into the microbial biomass and metabolites then becoming associated with clay minerals.
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Dept. of Soil Science
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Soil Science, 1997
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Bibliography: leaves 260-299.
xxii, 299 leaves, [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Bibliography: leaves 260-299.
xxii, 299 leaves, [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.