Minerals provide divergent protection to carbon- and nitrogen-rich organic matter in fluvial sediments

Abstract Sorption to mineral surfaces is widely regarded as the dominant mechanism of organic matter (OM) preservation, yet it cannot fully explain the varying fates of terrestrially-derived OM during its transport from land to ocean. To investigate this question, here we performed microscale analys...

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Main Authors: Naiyu Zhang, Zhifei Liu, Baozhi Lin, Jiawang Wu, Guanghui Yu, Bohao Yin, Chen-Feng You, Fernando P. Siringan, Charlotte E. L. Thompson, Carsten W. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02563-z
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