Organic carbon stabilization in the fractal pore structure of Andosols

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• 作者：Tiphaine Chevallier ; Thierry Woignier ; Joele Toucet ; Eric Blanchart
• 关键词：Soil organic carbon ; Mesopore structure ; Allophane ; dV/dR ; Fractal pore structure ; SOC bioavailability
• 刊名：Geoderma
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：15 October 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：159
• 期：1-2
• 页码：182-188
• 全文大小：425 K

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Despite the outstanding potential of Andosols for soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration, the importance of the different mechanisms involved in protecting SOC against mineralization is still unclear. Previous studies have described allophane particles as having a fractal structure. One hypothesis is that SOC is adsorbed or trapped in this fractal structure and could be less available to microbes and enzymes. This paper aims to determine the fractal structure of allophanic soils, especially in mesopores (2–50 nm), and to establish a correlation between the SOC bioavailability and the fractal features of the allophane aggregates. The present study confirms the fractal structure of allophane aggregates. The structural features of the pores, measured using N₂ adsorption–desorption curves and SAXS for the nano-scale range, showed correlation with SOC bioavailability. SOC bioavailability decreased with the extent of the fractal structure.