Stability of biomass-derived black carbon in soils

Black carbon (BC) may play an important role in the global C budget, due to its potential to act as a significant sink of atmospheric CO₂. In order to fully evaluate the influence of BC on the global C cycle, an understanding of the stability of BC is required. The biochemical stability of BC was assessed in a chronosequence of high-BC-containing Anthrosols from the central Amazon, Brazil, using a range of spectroscopic and biological methods. Results revealed that the Anthrosols had 61-80% lower (P < 0.05) CO₂ evolution per unit C over 532 days compared to their respective adjacent soils with low BC contents. No significant (P > 0.05) difference in CO₂ respiration per unit C was observed between Anthrosols with contrasting ages of BC (600-8700 years BP) and soil textures (0.3-36% clay). Similarly, the molecular composition of the core regions of micrometer-sized BC particles quantified by synchrotron-based Near-Edge X-ray Fine Structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy coupled to Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM) remained similar regardless of their ages and closely resembled the spectral characteristics of fresh BC. BC decomposed extremely slowly to an extent that it was not possible to detect chemical changes between youngest and oldest samples, as also confirmed by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). Deconvolution of NEXAFS spectra revealed greater oxidation on the surfaces of BC particles with little penetration into the core of the particles. The similar C mineralization between different BC-rich soils regardless of soil texture underpins the importance of chemical recalcitrance for the stability of BC, in contrast to adjacent soils which showed the highest mineralization in the sandiest soil. However, the BC-rich Anthrosols had higher proportions (72-90%) of C in the more stable organo-mineral fraction than BC-poor adjacent soils (2-70%), suggesting some degree of physical stabilization.     

Vertisols (cracking clay soils) in a climosequence of Peninsular India: Evidence for Holocene climate changes

Smectitic parent material from the weathering Deccan basalt has been deposited in the lower piedmont plains, valleys and microdepressions during a previous wetter climate. The cracking clay soils (Vertisols) were developed in such alluvium during drier climate of the Holocene period. In India they occur in humid tropical (HT), sub-humid moist (SHM), sub-humid dry (SHD), semi-arid moist (SAM), semi-arid dry (SAD) and arid dry (AD) climatic environments and thus indicate an array of soils in a climosequence.The soils show a change in their morphological, physical, chemical and micromorphological properties in the climosequence. Soils of HT climate are dominated by Ca⁺⁺ ions in their exchange complex throughout depth. However, in the sub-humid climates Mg⁺⁺ ions tend to dominate in the lower horizons. The sub-humid moist to aridic climatic environments caused a progressive formation of pedogenic calcium carbonates (PC) with the concomitant increase in Na⁺ ions in soil solution. This facilitated the translocation of Na-clay in the soil profile. This is responsible for the increase in pH, decrease in Ca/Mg ratio of exchange sites with depth and finally in the development of subsoil sodicity. The reduction in mean annual rainfall (MAR) from sub-humid moist to arid climates accelerated the formation of PC and thus the soils of semi-arid and arid climates (SAM, SAD and AD) are more calcareous and sodic than soils of other climates (SHM and SHD).Formation of PC, illuviation of clay and the development of subsoil sodicity are concurrent, contemporary and active pedogenetic processes operating during the climate change of the Holocene period. These processes impaired the hydraulic properties of soils in general, and in soils of drier climates in particular. As a result, cracking pattern, chemical composition and plasmic fabric were more modified in soils of the drier climates. Such modifications in soil properties have a place in the rationale of Vertisol order of the US Soil Taxonomy. The soils of wetter climates (HT, SHM and SHD) are grouped in Typic Haplusterts whereas the soils of drier climates (SAM, SAD and AD) are classified as Aridic Haplusterts, Sodic Haplusterts and Sodic Calciusterts. The present study demonstrates how the intrinsic soil properties of the cracking clay soils in a climosequence may help in inferring the change in climate in a geologic period.     

黄土沉积中化学氧化法提取黑碳流程的评估和优化

第四纪黄土沉积物中黑碳主要为当时地表生物质燃料不完全燃烧产生的一系列含碳物质的连续体。由于各含碳物组分间界线不明确, 采取不同的定量提取方法可能导致不同的数据结果。前人采用重铬酸钾化学氧化法提取黄土沉积中黑碳的研究中定量结果存在一个数量级的差异, 影响了研究结果的可解释性和可对比性, 阻碍了黄土高原区域黑碳相关研究的发展。对比分析发现, 先前研究提取过程分别采用了不同的氧化时间, 这可能是数据呈现明显差异的原因。本研究选取黄土高原段家坡剖面特征层位(S₅、L₉和S₉)样品, 并分为多组子样品采用不同氧化时间进行处理, 对不同氧化时间提取物进行剩余碳含量(RC%)、碳同位素组成(δ¹³C)及拉曼光谱测试, 探究氧化时间对重铬酸钾化学氧化法提取黄土中黑碳效果的影响。结果显示, 提取物RC%与氧化时间的变化关系符合质量作用定律, 即达到一定氧化时间后, 提取物RC%趋于稳定, 证明足够的氧化时间可提取黄土中黑碳; 在氧化前烘干研磨样品的条件下, 仅需20 h即可使RC%稳定。但碳同位素组成测试结果显示, 至少100 h后, 所有实验中氧化提取物δ¹³C均保持稳定(变化＜0.5‰)。进一步通过拉曼谱图比较发现, 氧化前烘干研磨样品后, 黄土样品(L₉层)经60 h及以上处理后的氧化提取物及古土壤样品(S₅层)经80 h及以上处理后的氧化提取物变为均一组成, 且有明显的经历火事件的碳质材料一级模特征峰(1340 cm^-1及1580 cm^-1附近), 而不烘干研磨的条件下, 所有样品直接进行100 h氧化反应也可达到相同效果。综合时间效率、结果稳定性和流程统一性等各因素, 提出黄土-古土壤序列沉积物黑碳的提取过程中, 在重铬酸钾化学氧化一步采用100 h的时间进行充分反应, 氧化前无须再烘干研磨。本研究优化了化学氧化法提取黄土中黑碳的实验流程, 对系统开展黄土区域黑碳工作, 重建区域火并探讨其演化规律提供了技术支撑; 为其他沉积环境黑碳流程的优化和评估提供了研究范本。

     

The effects of giant Andean rosettes on surface soils along a high paramo toposequence

The effects on soils of two caulescent rosette species, Coespeletia timontensis and Espeletia schultzii, were studied along a slope toposequence in the Venezuelan Andes. All soil properties examined, except texture, were significantly affected by the presence of plants, but the first species had a stronger influence than the second. This resulted from greater accumulation of organic matter under C. timotensis, which has a larger biomass than E. schultzii. When compared to adjacent bare soils, organic matter, cation-exchange capacity, and total N doubled beneath the first species but increased 29% below the other. Soil color became darker, and bulk density dropped about 14%, under both species. Concentrations of exchangeable bases (Ca, Mg, K) increased from 4 to 31 times below C. timotensis; available P increased 2 to 5 times. Soil pH was raised by 0.7 units, and percentage of base saturation (PBS) was 2 to 3 times greater than in control soils. In contrast, cations below E. schultzii only increased from 38 to 260%, and P was not affected. Soil pH was raised by 0.08 units, and PBS by only 8.6%. The general effect of the Andean rosettes was to produce soils which resemble those found on lower slope segments, but the influence of plants was considerably more pronounced than that of topographic position.     

Soot black carbon concentration and isotopic composition in soils from an arid urban ecosystem

Black carbon (BC) is a poorly understood type of organic carbon but it is present in almost all environmental systems (i.e., atmosphere, soil and water). This work focuses on soot BC in desert soils and, in particular, urban soils from the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. Soot BC is that fraction of black carbon formed from the condensation of gas phase molecules produced during burning. Soot BC in Phoenix area soils exhibits a range in both concentration and isotopic composition. Soot BC concentration in 52 soils (desert, agricultural and urban) ranges from 0.02–0.54 wt% and comprises from < 1 to as much as 89% of the soil organic carbon (OC). Soot BC concentrations are higher in urban soils than in desert or agricultural soils. The average isotopic composition of soot BC is −18‰ ± 3‰; this is an enrichment of 5.5‰ relative to bulk soil organic carbon. The distribution in concentration and variation in isotopic composition across the study area suggests soot BC in this arid-land city has multiple sources, including a significant fossil fuel component.     

Correlations between heavy metals and organic carbon extracted by dry oxidation procedure in urban roadside soils

The organic fraction in soils has a significant influence on heavy metal transport. In this study, the organic carbon content was measured by dry oxidation procedure from 21 Xuzhou urban roadside soils to assess the relationships between the concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Zn, and Cr) and the amount of organic carbon. The anthropogenic heavy metals (e.g. Pb, Cu, Zn) were strongly correlated with organic carbon (denoted by C_org−c) extracted by dry oxidation while natural heavy metal (e.g. Cr) showed no correlation to the C_org−c. The anthropogenic heavy metals were also strongly correlated with the amount of the total carbon. These results show that the anthropogenic heavy metals are mainly enriched in the organic matter in the Xuzhou urban roadside soils.     

Production of dissolved organic carbon in forest soils along the north–south European transect

The aim of this study is to estimate the C loss from forest soils due to the production of dissolved organic C (DOC) along a north–south European transect. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) was extracted from the forest soils incubated at a controlled temperature and water content. Soils were sampled from forest plots from Sweden to Italy. The plots represent monocultures of spruce, pine and beech and three selected chronosequences of spruce and beech spanning a range of mean annual temperature from 2 to 14 °C. The DOM was characterized by its DOC/DON ratio and the C isotope composition δ¹³C. The DOC/DON ratio of DOM varied from 25 to 15 after 16 days of incubation and it decreased to between 16 and 10 after 126 days. At the beginning of incubation the δ¹³C values of DOC were 1‰ or 2‰ less negative than incubated soils. At the end of the experiment δ¹³C of DOC were the same as soil values. In addition to DOC production heterotrophic respiration and N mineralization were measured on the incubated soils. The DON production rates decreased from 30 to 5 μgN gC⁻¹ d⁻¹ after 16 days of incubation to constant values from 5 to 2 μgN gC⁻¹ d⁻¹ after 126 days at the end of experiment. The DIN production rates were nearly constant during the experiments with values ranging from 20 to 4 μgN gC⁻¹ d⁻¹. DOC production followed first-order reaction kinetics and heterotrophic respiration followed zero-order reaction kinetics. Kinetic analysis of the experimental data yielded mean annual DOC and respiration productions with respect to sites. Mean annual estimates of DOC flux varied from 3 to 29 g of C m⁻² (1–19 mg C g⁻¹ of available C), corresponding to mean DOC concentrations from 2 to 85 mg C L⁻¹.     

Potential contributions of asphalt and coal tar to black carbon quantification in urban dust, soils, and sediments

Measurements of black carbon (BC) using either chemical or thermal oxidation methods are generally thought to indicate the amount of char and/or soot present in a sample. In urban environments, however, asphalt and coal-tar particles worn from pavement are ubiquitous and, because of their pyrogenic origin, could contribute to measurements of BC. Here we explored the effect of the presence of asphalt and coal-tar particles on the quantification of BC in a range of urban environmental sample types, and evaluated biases in the different methods used for quantifying BC. Samples evaluated were pavement dust, residential and commercial area soils, lake sediments from a small urban watershed, and reference materials of asphalt and coal tar. Total BC was quantified using chemical treatment through acid dichromate (Cr₂O₇) oxidation and chemo-thermal oxidation at 375 °C (CTO-375). BC species, including soot and char/charcoal, asphalt, and coal tar, were quantified with organic petrographic analysis. Comparison of results by the two oxidation methods and organic petrography indicates that both coal tar and asphalt contribute to BC quantified by Cr₂O₇ oxidation, and that coal tar contributes to BC quantified by CTO-375. These results are supported by treatment of asphalt and coal-tar reference samples with Cr₂O₇ oxidation and CTO-375. The reference asphalt is resistant to Cr₂O₇ oxidation but not to CTO-375, and the reference coal tar is resistant to both Cr₂O₇ oxidation and CTO-375. These results indicate that coal tar and/or asphalt can contribute to BC measurements in samples from urban areas using Cr₂O₇ oxidation or CTO-375, and caution is advised when interpreting BC measurements made with these methods.     

The influence of edge sites on the development of surface charge on goethite nanoparticles: A molecular dynamics investigation

Large-scale molecular simulation of proton accumulations were carried out on (i) (110) and (021) slabs immersed in aqueous solution and (ii) a series of model goethite nanoparticles of dimension 2 to 8 nm with systematically varying acicularity and (110)/(021) surface areas. In the slab systems, the (021) surface exhibits 15% more proton charge per unit area than the (110) surface. In the particulate systems, the acicular particles having the highest (110)/(021) ratio accumulate the most charge, opposite to the trend expected from the slab simulations, indicating that, at length scales on the order of 10 nm, the slab results are not a good indicator of the overall charging behavior of the particles. The primary reason for the discrepancy between the particulate systems and slab systems is the preferential accumulation of protons at acute (110)-(110) intersections. Charge accumulates preferentially in this region because excess proton charge at an asperity is more effectively solvated than at a flat interface.     

Investigation of time-dependent reactions of H+ ions with variable and constant charge soils: a comparative study

A sampling-separation method and a dynamic monitoring method were used to investigate the time-dependent reactions of H⁺ ions with two contrasting types of soil, variable charge soils (VCS) and constant charge soils (CCS), by directly evaluating H⁺ ion consumption and other relevant consequences. The results for both CCS and VCS show that H⁺ ion consumption, increase in positive surface charge and increase in soluble Al are all characterized by a rapid step followed by a slow one. The higher the content of free Fe oxides in the soil, the larger the increase in positive surface charge and in H⁺ ion consumption in the initial rapid step. This is due mainly to protonation on external surfaces. The gradual increase in positive surface charge in the slow step for the 3 VCSs is a result of H⁺ ion diffusion to the reactive sites of Fe–OH on internal surfaces. The very low content of free Fe oxides on internal surfaces of the 2 CCSs render a negligible increase in positive surface charge in the slow step. For the 3 VCSs, the gradual consumption of H⁺ ions in the slow process is the result of protonation, Al dissolution and/or transformation into exchangeable acidity. For the 2 CCSs, however, the gradual consumption is mainly the result of Al dissolution and/or transformation into exchangeable acidity. The time-dependent Al dissolution from both VCS and CCS is influenced by several factors such as mineral components, solubility and dissolution rates of the soils, and H⁺ ion concentration in soil suspensions.     

Studies on soil organic carbon of density-isolated fractions and water-stable aggregates under different types of land use on black soils

The experiment was conducted to determine the organic carbon concentrations of black soils by using density fractionation and wet-sieving of aggregates into five size fractions. Soil samples （0-20 cm layer） were collected from the following experiment sites （National Field Research Station of Agro-ecosystem in Hailun, Northeast of China）： （1） grassland （GL）, formerly cropped, and but fallowed in 1985 with Leymus chinesis as the dominant species; （2） bareland （BL）, like grassland, fallowed in 1985, but grasses were eliminated periodically during the plant growth stages; （3） cropland, three treatments in a long-term site experiment established in 1993 were selected, including no fertilizer applied （NF）, nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers applied （NP）, and NP fertilizer amended with organic materials （NPOM）. The results showed that the total organic carbon （TOC） concentrations within five experiment sites differed significantly at P〈0.01. The natural ecosystem subjected to human disturbance or transferred into cropland resulted in loss of TOC, however, TOC concentrations increased significantly with chemical fertilizer plus organic manure incorporated into cropland. The OC concentrations in the free light fraction （free-LF） and heavy fraction （HF） had significant correlations with those of TOC in the whole soil at P〈0.01, which indicated that the accumulation of free-LF and HF was very important for the net increase in the TOC. In GL more than 90% of the aggregate separates was larger than 0.25 mm, in which aggregates larger than 2 mm accounted for 44%, as a result of physical enmeshing of fine roots.     

兰州市冬季气溶胶吸光特性研究——黑碳与棕色碳的区分及特征分析

为研究兰州市冬季亚微米气溶胶的吸光特性,利用2014年1月10日至2月4日黑碳仪（AE31）和高分辨率飞行时间质谱仪（HR-ToF-AMS）观测资料,对气溶胶的吸光特性进行了分析。首先根据黑碳气溶胶（BC）和棕色碳气溶胶（BrC）的光学特性差异对二者进行区分,然后分析两者的吸光特性。结果表明：观测期间亚微米气溶胶中黑碳和有机物的平均浓度分别为3.7 μg·m^-3和29.3 μg·m^-3。随着亚微米气溶胶浓度的增加,黑碳和棕色碳吸收系数均增加,但棕色碳吸收系数增加得更快。黑碳和棕色碳在550 nm处的平均吸收系数分别为（9.9±5.9）Mm^-1和（51.0±28.1）Mm^-1。棕色碳的Angstrom指数为4.4。另外,采用正定矩阵因子解析模型（PMF）将棕色碳的来源划分为六种（碳氢类有机气溶胶（HOA）、烹饪类有机气溶胶（COA）、生物质燃烧（BBOA）、燃煤排放（CCOA）、半挥发低氧化程度有机气溶胶（SV-OOA）和低挥发高氧化程度有机气溶胶（LV-OOA））,并通过多元线性回归方法计算了各来源的吸光贡献,其中BBOA和CCOA对棕色碳吸光系数的贡献为41.5%,其次是SV-OOA（32.8%）、LV-OOA（14.2%）、HOA（7.8%）和COA（3.8%）,说明一次和二次有机气溶胶均为兰州地区棕色碳的重要来源。     

水体溶解态黑碳的分子标志物苯多羧酸的气相色谱-质谱分析

苯多羧酸分子标志物法是定量水体中溶解态黑碳的常用方法,然而由于部分苯多羧酸,尤其是硝基苯多羧酸商业化标准品的缺失,采用该方法定量溶解态黑碳仍需进一步完善和优化。本文通过已有的苯多羧酸商业化标准品,建立了气相色谱-质谱联用仪(GC-MS)分离和定量 9 种缺少商业化标准品苯多羧酸的分析方法。并首次将菲-D10 作为溶解态黑碳的替代物,指示苯多羧酸法定量溶解态黑碳过程中的损失率。结果表明,该方法具有良好的重现性(RSD=10.34%),方法检出限为 0.67~5.38 ng/L。本文采用该方法分析了大亚湾表层水体溶解态黑碳的分布特征,其浓度范围为 30.38~46.19 μg/L,平均值为(38.93±6.17)μg/L,空间分布表现为从湾内到外海递减的趋势。     

Soil organic carbon stock and carbon efflux in deep soils of desert and oasis

An experiment was carried out in two soils of oasis farmland and the surrounding desert at the southern periphery of the Gurbantonggut Desert, in central Asia, to test the effects of land use on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock and carbon efflux in deep soil. The result showed that although SOC content in the topsoil (0–0.2 m) decreased by 27% after desert soil was cultivated, total carbon stock within the soil profile (0–2.5 m) increased by 57% due to the significant increase in carbon stock at 0.2- to 2.5-m depth, and carbon efflux also markedly increased at 0- to 0.6-m depth. In the topsoil, the carbon process of the oasis was mainly dominated by consumption; in the subsoil (0.2–0.6 m) it was likely to be co-dominated by storage and consumption, and the greatest difference in SOC stock between the two soils also lay in this layer; while in the deep layer (0.6–2.5 m) of the oasis, with a more stable carbon stock, there was carbon storage dominated. Moreover, carbon stocks in the deep layer of the two soils contributed about 65% of the total carbon stocks, and correspondingly, microbial activities contributed 71% to the total microbial activity in the entire soil profile, confirming the importance of carbon cycling in the deep layer. Desert cultivation in this area may produce unexpectedly high carbon stocks from the whole profile despite carbon loss in the topsoil.     

The distribution of heavy metal in surface soils and their uptake by plants along roadside slopes in longitudinal range gorge region,China

Metal distributions (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) in the soils and plants were investigated in roadside surface soils and grass herbage collected from two study sites adjacent to Mangshi–Ruili and Dali–Baoshan highways. At each study site, soil and plant samples were collected along two roadside slopes with distances of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 m away from the highway. Results show that the enrichment of heavy metals in the surface soils and plants along the road is caused by the highway, and it decreases with the increasing distance from the road. Metal concentrations in the soils and plants along the downslope are higher than those in the upslope along the road. The six types of metals investigated in this research mainly distributed within 200 m from the highway. Four types of relationships between metal uptake by plants from soils and the distance were found and their clear distinctions of Cr, Cu, Pd, Ni and Zn uptake by plants were also investigated.     

Radiocarbon measurements of black carbon in aerosols and ocean sediments

Black carbon (BC) is the combustion-altered, solid residue remaining after biomass burning and fossil fuel combustion. Radiocarbon measurements of BC provide information on the residence time of BC in organic carbon pools like soils and sediments, and also provide information on the source of BC by distinguishing between fossil fuel and biomass combustion byproducts. We have optimized dichromate-sulfuric acid oxidation for the measurement of radiocarbon in BC. We also present comparisons of BC ¹⁴C measurements on NIST aerosol SRM 1649a with previously published bulk aromatic ¹⁴C measurements and individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) ¹⁴C measurements on the same NIST standard.Dichromate-sulfuric acid oxidation belongs to the chemical class of BC measurement methods, which rely on the resistance of some forms of BC to strong chemical oxidants. Dilute solutions of dichromate-sulfuric acid degrade BC and marine-derived carbon at characteristic rates from which a simple kinetic formula can be used to calculate concentrations of individual components (Wolbach and Anders, 1989). We show that: (1) dichromate-sulfuric acid oxidation allows precise, reproducible ¹⁴C BC measurements; (2) kinetics calculations give more precise BC yield information when performed on a % OC basis (vs. a % mass basis); (3) kinetically calculated BC concentrations are similar regardless of whether the oxidation is performed at 23°C or 50°C; and (4) this method yields ¹⁴C BC results consistent with previously published aromatic ¹⁴C data for an NIST standard.For the purposes of intercomparison, we report % mass and carbon results for two commercially available BC standards. We also report comparative data from a new thermal method applied to SRM 1649a, showing that thermal oxidation of this material also follows the simple kinetic sum of exponentials model, although with different time constants.     

Oxygen isotope evidence for sorption of molecular oxygen to pyrite surface sites and incorporation into sulfate in oxidation experiments

Experiments were conducted to investigate (i) the rate of O-isotope exchange between SO₄ and water molecules at low pH and surface temperatures typical for conditions of acid mine drainage (AMD) and (ii) the O- and S-isotope composition of sulfates produced by pyrite oxidation under closed and open conditions (limited and free access of atmospheric O₂) to identify the O source/s in sulfide oxidation (water or atmospheric molecular O₂) and to better understand the pyrite oxidation pathway. An O-isotope exchange between SO₄ and water was observed over a pH range of 0–2 only at 50 °C, whereas no exchange occurred at lower temperatures over a period of 8 a. The calculated half-time of the exchange rate for 50 °C (pH = 0 and 1) is in good agreement with former experimental data for higher and lower temperatures and excludes the possibility of isotope exchange for typical AMD conditions (T  25 °C, pH  3) for decades.Pyrite oxidation experiments revealed two dependencies of the O-isotope composition of dissolved sulfates: O-isotope values decreased with longer duration of experiments and increasing grain size of pyrite. Both changes are interpreted as evidence for chemisorption of molecular O₂ to pyrite surface sites. The sorption of molecular O₂ is important at initial oxidation stages and more abundant in finer grained pyrite fractions and leads to its incorporation in the produced SO₄. The calculated bulk contribution of atmospheric O₂ in the dissolved SO₄ reached up to 50% during initial oxidation stages (first 5 days, pH 2, fine-grained pyrite fraction) and decreased to less than 20% after about 100 days. Based on the direct incorporation of molecular O₂ in the early-formed sulfates, chemisorption and electron transfer of molecular O₂ on S sites of the pyrite surface are proposed, in addition to chemisorption on Fe sites. After about 10 days, the O of all newly-formed sulfates originates only from water, indicating direct interaction of hydroxyls from water with S at the anodic S pyrite surface site. Then, the role of molecular O₂ is as proposed in previous studies: acting as electron acceptor only at the cathodic Fe pyrite surface site for oxidation of Fe(II) to Fe(III).     

Relationships between the soil organic carbon density of surface soils and the influencing factors in differing land uses in Inner Mongolia

Land use patterns are changing and the environment has become more vulnerable in an agro-pastoral ecotone in Inner Mongolia. Modeling studies can be done through studying the relationships between the soil organic carbon density (SOCD) and the influencing factors in differing land uses such as cropland, forest and grassland. Such studies can provide the basis for predicting soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and using land resources efficiently. Therefore, the relationships between the SOCD of surface soils and the influencing factors, such as soil type, slope and elevation, were selected for a study in differing land uses of Duolun County, Inner Mongolia. The results showed that: (1) The variation in SOCD among the soil types followed the same order in the three land uses: chernozems > meadow soils > bog soils > castanozems > gray-cinnamon soils > eolian soils. The sensitivity of SOCD to land use change was different for the six soil types. Both the degradation of grassland and the application of the government policy of returning forest from cropland induced the greatest variation in SOCD. (2) SOCD correlated significantly with soil type and elevation in each land use. There was a significant correlation between SOCD and slope in the forest. (3) Statistical models showing SOCD and the influencing factors were developed and provided the basis for predicting SOC stocks in Duolun County, Inner Mongolia.     

沉积物中黑碳的提取和测定方法 : 误差分析和回收率实验

介绍了从沉积物中提取黑碳的一种误差较小的改进方法，并对实验误差及引起误差的原因进行了详尽的分析和探讨，同时给出了方法的回收率。经过未均匀处理样品的平行实验，得到实验结果的总体偏差为8．89％，其中个别样品的偏差可达10％－20％；在样品进行了均匀处理后，得到平行实验的总体偏差为3．29％，HCl-HF单步处理的总体偏差为1．96％，而K2Cr2O7氧化处理单步实验的总体偏差为2．50％。其中回收率实验表明，黑碳的回收率可达80％以上。由此可见，所取样品具有代表性，是准确测定沉积物黑碳含量的前提。     

H+和有机酸对可变电荷土壤铝释放的动力学研究

利用流动搅动法研究了在模拟酸雨和低分子量有机酸条件下可变电荷土壤铝释放的动力学特征,结果表明,在pH3.5的模拟酸雨作用下,红壤和黄壤中流出液铝的浓度范围约为15～40μmol/L,铝的释放快反应来源于土壤交换性铝和有机络合态铝,铝的释放慢反应对应于含铝矿物的溶解。赤红壤和砖红壤上在0～300min内流出液铝的浓度范围约为1～5μmol/L,流出液pH值大于4.5,对H 的缓冲作用表现为阳离子交换、SO24-的专性吸附释放OH-和矿物表面的质子化;当流出液pH值小于4.5时,H 开始溶解土壤中的含铝固相,铝释放的最后浓度为20～30μmol/L。用相近pH值的有机酸溶出土壤铝的浓度比pH3.5的模拟酸雨要高,特别是在砖红壤上,开始就有大量铝的释放,其浓度为20～75μmol/L,红壤上是70～150μmol/L,随时间延长,流出液中的铝浓度分别为10～20μmol/L和20～30μmol/L。有机酸作用下铝的释放机制主要是有机酸被土壤吸附后,有机酸与位于表面晶格中的铝原子形成络合体,促进了铝的溶解;其次是有机酸的吸附掩盖了土壤表面的质子化过程,增强了酸的溶解,以及有机配体对铝的络合作用,增加了铝的释放量。不同有机酸对铝的溶出能力也有不同,其释放铝能力的大小为:柠檬酸>酒石酸>苹果酸,这取决于有机配体与铝的络合能力。