Dating of prehistoric anthropogenic earthworks requires either excavation for archaeological artifacts or macroscopic organic matter suitable for 14C analysis. Yet, the former, in many cases, is undesirable and the latter is difficult to obtain. Here we present a soil science procedure, which has the potential to overcome these problems. It includes careful sampling of buried former soil surfac...

Exact estimates of soil clay (<2 μm) and silt (2-20 μm) contents are crucial as these size fractions impact key soil functions, and as pedotransfer concepts based on clay and silt contents are becoming increasingly abundant. We examined the effect of removing soil organic matter (SOM) by H2O2 before soil dispersion and determination of clay and silt. Soil samples with gradients in SOM were retr...

22 In terrestrial environments, soil organic matter (SOM) is the largest organic carbon 23 (C) pool. The quantity and quality of organic carbon in soils can be affected by 24 vegetation through influencing the inputs and outputs of SOM. We examined how 25 storage and quality of C in SOM were affected by vegetation under grass cover or 26 single and a polyculture plot of Betula pendula, Alnus gl...

of mineralizable C and N. In mature and undisturbed tropical ecosystems, a balance exists between the orPhysical fractionation, degradative wet-chemical analysis and liqganic C input and output of the soil because of mineraluid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy were used to assess the impact of land use changes on the amount and ization and leaching of dissolved organic ma...

The analysis and forecast of the distribution and dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM) content is an essential requirement for sustainable land management, especially in Western Jilin, where the saline-alkalized land increased at a very fast rate per year and is in desperate need of improving soil. Compared to conventional analytical methods, hyperspectral remote sensing is faster, cheaper, no...

Removal of dibenzofuran, dibenzo-p-dioxin, and 2-chlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2-CDD) (10 ppm each) from soil microcosms to final concentrations in the parts-per-billion range was affected by the addition of Sphingomonas sp. strain RW1. Rates and extents of removal were influenced by the density of RW1 organisms. For 2-CDD, the rate of removal was dependent on the content of soil organic matter (SOM)...

Ž . Not only the amount of organic carbon in soil is important for soil organic matter SOM stability, but also its physical and chemical properties. The appropriate technique for the assessment of SOM dynamics can vary between soil types, and information about this is lacking for Ferralsols of the central Amazon basin. First, this work identified SOM pools which are sensitive to land-use change...

BACKGROUND Until recently, a lot of arable lands were abandoned in many countries of the world and, especially, in Russia, where about half a million square kilometers of arable lands were abandoned in 1961-2007. The soils at these fallows undergo a process of natural restoration (or self-restoration) that changes the balance of soil organic matter (SOM) supply and mineralization. RESULTS A s...