Advanced Molecular Techniques Provide New Rigorous Tools for Characterizing Organic Matter Quality in Complex Systems

Wilson, Rachel M.; Tfaily, Malak M.

doi:10.1029/2018JG004525

Title: Advanced Molecular Techniques Provide New Rigorous Tools for Characterizing Organic Matter Quality in Complex Systems

Journal Article · Wed May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004525· OSTI ID:1490394

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Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

We report that carbon flux rates are widely understood to be substrate controlled; however, characterizing substrate quality continues to be a challenge. We suggest that, while optical measurements have their place, they are not the only, or the best, tool for characterizing organic matter quality. Nominal oxidation state of the carbon provides a thermodynamically relevant measure, which could be used as a metric of organic matter quality. Lastly, calculating nominal oxidation state of the carbon requires a suite of advanced complementary analysis but is then trivial to calculate from the resulting data sets.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; SC0010580; SC0012088

OSTI ID:: 1490394

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1454626

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-138120

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences, Vol. 123, Issue 6; ISSN 2169-8953

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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