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Organic acids

Appears in 2 processs and 2 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

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Pedogenesis and soil horizon development

1 step

Podzolization: organic acids move Fe and Al down and leave a bleached E horizon

Mineral surface area, reactive metals and the saturation of mineral-associated carbon

1 step

Root exudates such as oxalic acid dissolve Fe-bound carbon: in experiments oxalic acid released mineral-bound carbon and raised microbial decomposition

Often found with

Organic acids 2 Conifers 1 Heath vegetation 1 Iron 1 Aluminium 1 Water 1 Plant roots 1 Iron oxides 1 Carbon 1

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