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Temporal pools of individual organic substances in soil

  • Laboratoire Sols et Environnement (LSE)

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Abstract

Two pools of plant-derived C31 n-alkane occurring respectively as free and humin-bound forms in the same soil have been distinguished by 13C/12C analyses. The results show that the humin-bound molecule is on the average 7 years older than the free molecule. These findings indicate that apolar organic substances can be trapped temporarily into the soil matrix by weak forces.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)442-444
Number of pages3
JournalAnalusis
Volume27
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1999
Externally publishedYes

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