Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-305-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-305-2021
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29 Jun 2021
Original research article | Highlight paper |  | 29 Jun 2021

Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa

Sophie F. von Fromm, Alison M. Hoyt, Markus Lange, Gifty E. Acquah, Ermias Aynekulu, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Stephan M. Haefele, Steve P. McGrath, Keith D. Shepherd, Andrew M. Sila, Johan Six, Erick K. Towett, Susan E. Trumbore, Tor-G. Vågen, Elvis Weullow, Leigh A. Winowiecki, and Sebastian Doetterl

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Wet chemistry data for a subset of AfSIS: Phase I archived soil samples T.-G. Vågen, L. A. Winowiecki, L. Desta, J. Tondoh, E. Weullow, K. Shepherd, A. Sila, S. J. Dunham, J. Hernández-Allica, J. Carter, and S. P. McGrath https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/66BFOB

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We investigated various soil and climate properties that influence soil organic carbon (SOC) concentrations in sub-Saharan Africa. Our findings indicate that climate and geochemistry are equally important for explaining SOC variations. The key SOC-controlling factors are broadly similar to those for temperate regions, despite differences in soil development history between the two regions.