Soil redistribution and weathering controlling the fate of geochemical and physical carbon stabilization mechanisms  in soils of an eroding landscape

Doetterl, S.; Cornelis, J.-T.; Six, J.; Bodé, S.; Opfergelt, S.; Boeckx, P.; Van Oost, K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1357-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1357-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1357-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

Research article

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04 Mar 2015

Research article |

| 04 Mar 2015

Soil redistribution and weathering controlling the fate of geochemical and physical carbon stabilization mechanisms in soils of an eroding landscape

S. Doetterl, J.-T. Cornelis, J. Six, S. Bodé, S. Opfergelt, P. Boeckx, and K. Van Oost

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RC C7552: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Dec 2014
- AC C8333: 'Response to comments', Sebastian Doetterl, 27 Jan 2015
RC C7556: 'Comments on “Soil redistribution and weathering controlling the fate of geochemical and physical carbon stabilization mechanisms in soils of an eroding landscape » by S. Doetterl et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Dec 2014
- AC C8335: 'Response to comments', Sebastian Doetterl, 27 Jan 2015

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ED: Publish as is (29 Jan 2015) by Yakov Kuzyakov

Short summary

We link the mineralogy of soils affected by erosion and deposition to the distribution of soil carbon fractions, their turnover and microbial activity. We show that the weathering status of soils and their history are controlling the stabilization of carbon with minerals. After burial, aggregated C is preserved more efficiently while non-aggregated C can be released and younger C re-sequestered more easily. Weathering changes the effectiveness of stabilization mechanism limiting this C sink.