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The thermal degradation of organic matter was studied in cryogenic soils with methods of thermal analysis: differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry (DSC and TG, respectively). The DSC curves of most of the samples within the temperature range from 221–247°C to 600°C were characterized by the presence of one wide exothermic peak (at 311–373°C) with a shoulder (or without it) on the descending branch at a temperature of about 400°C. This was connected mostly with the destruction of thermolabile compounds (oligo- and polysaccharides) and with the oxidation of low-aromatic complexes of plant residues and humus substances. Two exothermic peaks at 337–373°C and 448–492°C were found for some samples from the organic horizons. The high-temperature peaks were caused by the thermal destruction of lignin. The fraction of the thermolabile organic matter of the soil (237–261…331–377°C) reached 59–73% in the organic and 52–59% in the organomineral and mineral horizons.
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Original Russian Text © O.A. Shapchenkova, A.A. Aniskina, S.R. Loskutov, 2011, published in Pochvovedenie, 2011, No. 4, pp. 439–446.
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Shapchenkova, O.A., Aniskina, A.A. & Loskutov, S.R. Thermal analysis of organic matter in cryogenic soils (Central Siberian Plateau). Eurasian Soil Sc. 44, 399–406 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229311040090
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