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Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-521-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-521-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
Original research article
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01 May 2026
Original research article |  | 01 May 2026

Formation of mineral-associated organic matter via rock weathering: an experimental test for the organo-metallic glue hypothesis

Kaori Matsuoka, Jo Jinno, Hiroaki Shimada, Emi Matsumura, Ryo Shingubara, Puu-Tai Yang, and Rota Wagai

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The organo-mineral assemblage formation from the mixture of crushed rocks and leaf compost was promoted by (i) microbial re-working of OM (indicated by lower C:N and higher δ13C and δ15N compared to the original leaf compost) and (ii) the supply of extractable metals (esp. oxalate-extractable Fe phase) from the rock weathering. These findings supported the organo-metallic glue hypothesis (Wagai et al., 2020) and suggest that C accretion during early pedogenesis.
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