Soil Mineral-Associated Organic Carbon and Its Relationship to Clay Minerals across Grassland Transects in China
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the mineral-associated organic carbon (MOC) and its relationship to clay minerals under different temperatures and precipitation. We selected three typical grassland transects in China: Titanium Plate (TP), Mongolian Plate (MP), and Loess Plate (LP) with natural temperature gradients. Along the transect, there is a gradient in the precipitation between the various types of grasslands. The surface soil (0–10 cm) was sampled to determine the MOC. Clay minerals were charactered by X-ray diffraction (XRD). According to the findings, the MOC content increased with decreasing temperature (5.41–14.89 g/kg). MOC had a positive correlation (r = 0.67) with the amount of clay mineral content. In the large-scale study of transects, precipitation masks the effect of temperature change on the MOC to a certain extent. It indirectly affected the MOC content by affecting the mixed-layer illite/smectite (I/Sme) content, and this effect was strongest at the lowest temperature TP (r = −0.73). Except for precipitation, CaO in the soil can affect soil organic carbon (SOC) stability by influencing the pH and I/Sme. The amount of bacteria increased as a result of I/Sme, and the influence of bacteria on the MOC was surpassed only by the soil pH. Climate and clay mineral composition characteristics affected the MOC to a certain extent. Among them, the effect of precipitation change on the MOC is higher than temperature, but it has little effect on soil with a higher weathering degree and CaO content.
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OpenAlex topics: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics · Clay minerals and soil interactions · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
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College of Resources and Environmental Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130117, China
Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100045, China
Funding
Second Tibetan Plateau Scientifc Expedition and Research Program · International Cooperation Project of Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province, China
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