Due to geochemical and environmental implications, there is an increased interest in the study of the different forms of refractory organic matter (ROM) widely widespread in soils, water and sediments. Included in the refractory OM pool are kerogens, humic-like materials as well as the so-called “black carbon“(BC). These materials might remain sequestered in soils and sediments (slow geological C cycle) from thousand to million of years, being considered as an important sink for atmospheric CO2 (fast C cycle) and part of the “missing C” in the global C budget.

Póster 150 presentado al citado congreso, ccelebrado del 18-23 de mayo 2008, en Lanzarote, Canarias, España.

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