The Science of the total environment
Elevated organic carbon in African Dark Earths is not exclusively attributable to pyrogenic organic matter.
Maura P Slocum, Riley B Barton, Sasha J Wagner, Johannes Lehmann, Dawit Solomon, Edward Yeboah, Alain F Plante
Published: 202610.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181481
Abstract
Anthropogenic Dark Earths are characterized by dark colors and high organic carbon, frequently attributed to the presence of pyrogenic organic matter. We sought to quantify the contribution of pyrogenic organic matter to total soil organic matter (SO…
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