Quantitative description of vertical organic matter distribution in real soil profiles by means a simple continuous model

Sergey I. Bartsev and Aleksei A. Pochekutov

Ecological Modelling, 2017, vol. 360, issue C, 219-222

Abstract: Previously we have proposed a continuous model of soil organic matter (SOM) transformation which was based on describing only the most general notions of this process – a gradual increase in SOM stability toward transformation, occurring concurrently with partial decomposition of SOM. The model provided qualitative description of vertical SOM distributions in different soils. In the present study this model has been modified to make the description more realistic. The study demonstrates quantitative correspondence between the calculated and averaged observed vertical distributions of SOM for different biomes.

Keywords: Soil organic matter; Continuous model of soil; Soil profile; Vertical soil organic matter distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.06.016

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