Nature of Clay-Humic Complexes in an Agricultural Soil: I. Chemical, Biochemical, and...
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Laird, D.A.; Martens, D.A.; Kingery, W.L.
- Source
- Soil Science Society of America Journal. Sep/Oct2001, Vol. 65 Issue 5, p1413. 6p. 3 Charts, 3 Graphs.
- Subject
- *HUMIC acid content of soils
*CLAY minerals
*HUMUS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0361-5995
Part I. Investigates the relationship between the chemical, biochemical and spectroscopic characteristics of humic substances and clay mineralogy in an agricultural soil. Amounts of organic carbon in soil-clay fractions; Soil organic matter in the untreated soil-clay fractions; Amino acids in the clay-humic complexes.