Advances in Understanding the Molecular Structure of Soil Organic Matter: Implications for Interactions in the Environment

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 106, Issue , 2010, Pages 77-142

  Kleber, Markus ^a   Johnson, Mark G ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

14C; Alkaline extraction; Amphiphilicity; Aromaticity; Carbon cycle; Carbon turnover; Climate feedback; Fulvic acid; Humic acid; Humic substances; Humin; Humus; Macromolecules; Mineral organic; N heterocycles; Organo mineral; Polymeric structure; Radiocarbon; Recalcitrance; Soil carbon turnover model; Soil organic matter; Supramolecular structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85094973885     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(10)06003-7     Document Type: Chapter

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