%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Caria, G.
%A Arrouays, D.
%A Dubromel, E.
%A Jolivet, C.
%A Ratié, C.
%A Bernoux, Martial
%A Barthès, Bernard
%A Brunet, Didier
%A Grinand, Clovis
%T Black carbon estimation in French calcareous soils using chemo-thermal oxidation method
%D 2011
%L fdi:010053790
%G ENG
%J Soil Use and Management
%@ 0266-0032
%K Black carbon ; calcareous soils ; CTO methods ; decarbonation ; thermal oxidation ; artefact
%M ISI:000294264300006
%N 3
%P 333-339
%R 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00349.x
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053790
%> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2011/09/010053790.pdf
%V 27
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X We studied the black carbon (BC) content of ca. 405 samples from French topsoil and artificial soil and carbonate mixtures. Our protocol involved three main steps: (i) decarbonation by HCl, (ii) elimination of non-pyrogenic organic carbon in a furnace at 375 degrees C, and (iii) quantification of residual carbon by CHN analysis. BC content increased for calcareous soils according to their carbonates content. Subsequent analyses confirmed the existence of a methodological artefact for BC determination only in calcareous soils. Decarbonation changes the thermal properties of organic matter, creating more recalcitrant carbon than in the initial sample. Higher CaCO3 and organic carbon content results in a more pronounced artefact. The reversal of the first two steps of the chemo-thermal oxidation method (i. e. thermal oxidation before soil decarbonation) eliminates this artefact. Overall, our results suggest that BC content may have been overestimated in a large number of studies on calcareous soils.
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