Thermal stability of organic carbon in soil aggregates as affected by soil erosion and deposition

被引:105
作者
Nie, Xiaodong [1 ,4 ,5 ]
Li, Zhongwu [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Huang, Jinquan [6 ]
Liu, Lin [2 ,3 ]
Xiao, Haibin [2 ,3 ]
Liu, Chun [1 ,4 ]
Zeng, Guangming [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Hunan Univ, Coll Environm Sci & Engn, Changsha 410082, Hunan, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, State Key Lab Soil Eros & Dryland Farming Loess P, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[3] MWR, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[4] Hunan Univ, Key Lab Environm Biol & Pollut Control, Minist Educ, Changsha 410082, Hunan, Peoples R China
[5] Guangdong Inst Ecoenvironm Sci & Technol, Guangdong Key Lab Integrated Agroenvironm Pollut, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[6] Yangtze River Sci Res Inst, Dept Soil & Water Conservat, Wuhan 430010, Hubei, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Thermal stability; Soil organic carbon; Thermogravimetric; Differential scanning calorimetry; Soil aggregate; LAND-USE CHANGE; MATTER; STABILIZATION; IMPACT; ENRICHMENT; SEDIMENT; REDISTRIBUTION; MECHANISMS; FRACTIONS; RELEVANCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.still.2017.08.010
中图分类号
S15 [土壤学];
学科分类号
0903 ; 090301 ;
摘要
Knowledge about the stability of soil organic carbon (SOC) after erosion is essential for understanding the water erosion-induced organic carbon (OC) exchanges between soil and atmosphere. However, this issue has suffered from a shortage of focused studies and consensus results due to the complex processes and the use of various methods. The objective of the study was to estimate the stability of SOC in soil aggregates post-deposition by using thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC) techniques. Soils in eroded and depositional transects in subtropical China were collected and studied. To obtain the maximum difference in SOC along the transects based on the distributions of SOC concentrations along soil profiles, soils at depths of 0-5, 5-10, 20-30 and 120-150 cm were selected to represent the transects. Water-stable aggregate distributions and the thermal stability of the aggregate SOC in the selected soils were determined. The study results showed that significant differences in edaphic properties and aggregate-associated OC thermal indices were only found at depth of 0-5 and 5-10 cm (P < 0.05). The distributions of soil aggregates indicate that soils at the depositional site had a better aggregate structure than those at the eroded site. The TG-T-50 (the temperature resulting in 50% of SOM loss) and DSC-T-50 (the temperature at which half of energy release occurred) values indicated that the eroded SOC was more stable than deposited SOC, and the thermal labile fractions (Exo(1)/Exo(tot)) suggested that the eroded SOC had a higher decomposition rate. In spite of this, the deposited soils retained higher amounts of SOC. We attributed these results to the protection provided by macroaggregates. For the soils deeper than 20 cm, there was no significant difference in soil aggregation, SOC content and SOC thermal stability between the soils at the two sites (P > 0.05). Burial does not promote the formation of macroaggregates. The study results suggested that the quantity and quality of SOC are the primary factors controlling soil aggregation. Therefore, it is concluded that the protection provided by macroaggregates is an important mechanism for SOC stability.
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页码:82 / 90
页数:9
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