Minghui Wu et al.explored how soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and its stabilizing mechanism vary along #AltitudinalGradients of western Yulong Mountain in Southwest China.

#HeavyFraction | #Mineral_associatedOrganicCarbon | #SoilAggregates

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf050

🔄 How #SoilOrganicCarbon (SOC) storage and its stabilizing mechanism vary along #AltitudinalGradients ❓

Results:
Altitudes ⬆️, SOC contents →
⭐ bulk soils and #HeavyFractions ⬆️;
⭐ #SoilAggregates ➖;
➡️➡️ The increase in Fe/Al oxides might be the reason.

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf050