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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140100323
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Carbon conundrum: Functional characterisation of organic matter-clay mineral interactions in relation to carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration in soil has been recognised as one of the possible measures through which greenhouse gas emissions can be mitigated. The major processes involved in carbon sequestration in soil include chemical immobilisation of carbon with soil particles and physical protection in the pores of soil microaggregates. These two processes are mediated through the functional relationships of soil organic matter and clay mineral interactions in soils. This project investigates nanoscale organomineral association underlying microaggregate formation and stability, as well as the distribution and microbial decomposition of carbon within microaggregates using a suite of advanced spectroscopic, molecular and isotopic techniques.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2014
End Date: 10-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $383,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Synchrotrons; Accelerators; Instruments and Techniques | Soil Sciences | Environmental Management | Carbon Sequestration Science
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Environmental Management Systems | Climate Change Mitigation Strategies | Soils not elsewhere classified |
