Storage in soil

Quantification of changes in soil carbon dynamics, including SOM turnover rate and distribution of SOC with depth, is therefore critical for determining carbon storage in soils and for modeling soil carbon cycling. 

Environmental distribution After 40 years of continuous application of DDT to vegetation (80%) and soil (20%), 73% of the total mass present in the environment in December 1990 are stored in soil, 24 % in the ocean, 2 % in vegetation, and less than one percent in the atmosphere (Table 3.2).The high storage in soil is caused by its strong absorptive capacity of organochlorine compounds, which is related to its organic matter content. The only source of DDT and DDE in the ocean is deposition... 

Schlesinger W. H. and Lichter J. (2001) Limited carbon storage in soil and litter of experimental forest plots under increased atmospheric CO2. Nature 411, 466-469. 

Meunier, J.D., Colin, F. Alarcon, C. (1999) Biogenic silica storage in soils. Geology 27, 835-838. 

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