Edaphic Controls on Soil Organic Carbon Retention in the Brazilian Cerrado: Texture and Mineralogy

What is it about?

This article demonstrates that soil texture and clay mineralogy control soil organic carbon (SOC) retention in the Brazilian savanna.

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Why is it important?

Though not the first paper to mention the role of texture and mineralogy on SOC retention, this paper mattered because it demonstrated the actual mechanisms through which this retention occurs.