Organic matter is mainly present in the top 20–30 cm of most soil profiles and is essentially an array of organic macromolecules consisting principally of combinations of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur. Soil organic matter is commonly measured as the quantity of organic carbon. The global pool of organic carbon in soil to a depth of 1 m has been estimated at 1,200–1,...

introduction: soil organic matter is influenced strongly by vegetation cover and management, therefore it is proposed as the main indicator of soil quality and health. the changes in soil organic matter status occur much more rapidly in the labile pools than in organic c. thus, labile pools can be used as early indicators of changes in total organic matter that will become more obvious in the l...

The purpose of this evaluation was to provide an objective evaluation of the use of supercritical carbon dioxide (CO,) as an alternative technology for spray applied in wood finishing processes using reduced solvent formulations. Union Carbide has pioneered this technology under the UNICARBTM trademark. In the UNICARBTM process, the solvent-like properties of supercritical CO, are employed to r...

Total organic carbon (TOC) is the carbon (C) stored in soil organic matter (SOM). Organic carbon (OC) enters the soil through the decomposition of plant and animal residues, root exudates, living and dead microorganisms, and soil biota. SOM is the organic fraction of soil exclusive of nondecomposed plant and animal residues. Nevertheless, most analytical methods do not distinguish between decom...

Electron microscopic morphometric techniques were used to measure accurately the cytoplasm and frustule volumes of 12 naturally occurring planktonic diatoms in the Laurentian Great Lakes. In addition, cytoplasm volumes were measured in 6 other algal species. Estimates of carbon content were then made by converting measured cytoplasm volumes to carbon biomass. From these measurements and convers...

Filters with a pore size of 0.45 microm have been arbitrarily used for isolating dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in natural waters. This operationally defined DOC fraction often contains heterogeneous organic carbon compounds that may lead to inconsistent results when evaluating trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP). A finer pore size filter provides more homogeneous DOC properties and enab...

Given the significance and complex nature of soil organic carbon in the context of the global carbon cycle, the need exists for more accurate and economically feasible means of soil organic carbon analysis and its underlying spatial variation at regional scale. The overarching goal of this study was to assess both the spatial and temporal variability of soil organic carbon within a subtropical ...

The intensity of agriculture has increased significantly during the past 30 years, resulting in increased detection of agricultural contaminants (nutrients, pesticides , salts, trace elements, and pathogens) in groundwater. Till, glaciolacustrine, and loess deposits of Quaterna-ry age compose the most common surficial deposits underlying agricultural areas in North America. Quaternary aquitards...