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Building an automation-ready multimodal workflow for comprehensive 3D characterization of intact soil structures.


EMSL Project ID
60475

Abstract

3-dimensional (3D) characterization of intact soil structures (i.e. macro and microaggregates) will provide understandings on how soil physical, mineralogical, biotic heterogeneities control long-term C preservation. We propose a workflow that supports development of an automated capability for solid phase characterization in soils. This workflow uses EMSL multimodal instrumentation for capturing 3D bio-geochemical spatial distribution of the interior volume of a soil aggregate. These soil structures will be used to investigate how chemistry, mineralogy, and porosity controls organic C distribution, water-flow dynamics, and consequently the formation of intra-aggregate microsites/microcosmoses with unique properties, that are usually different from those of surrounding environment.

Project Details

Start Date
2022-10-01
End Date
N/A
Status
Active

Team

Principal Investigator

Odeta Qafoku
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Team Members

Anil Krishna Battu
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Qian Zhao
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Trevor Moser
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Rosalie Chu
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Andrey Liyu
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Tamas Varga
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Zihua Zhu
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Sarah Burton
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Andrew Lipton
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory