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The impact of closed depressions on soil organic carbon storage in eroded loess landscapes of E Poland
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  • Renata Kołodyńska-Gawrysiak,
  • Leszek Gawrysiak,
  • Jean Poesen,
  • Andrzej Plak
Renata Kołodyńska-Gawrysiak
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University

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Leszek Gawrysiak
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin Faculty of Earth Science and Spatial Management
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Jean Poesen
KU Leuven
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Andrzej Plak
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin Faculty of Earth Science and Spatial Management
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Abstract

Soil erosion is an important problem in the loess landscapes of Europe, resulting in a lowering of soil quality and landscape changes. As a result of soil erosion, SOC is redistributed and stored in SOC pools within the landscape. Understanding the SOC dynamics is important because changes in the SOC stocks may have large impacts on global climate change. Closed depressions (CDs) in loess landscapes collect colluvial sediments resulting from soil erosion and constitute sediment stores enabling the calculation of soil erosion phases and rates. CDs are also SOC pools enabling assessing of SOC erosion and storage in loess landscapes over long periods. Colluvial sediments and fossil soils, infilling five representative CDs in the Polish loess areas used for agriculture during several millennia, were documented. The mean SOC content in CDs were calculated, the area of CDs at the regional scale were mapped. Between 11.66 and 31.78 Mg of SOC are stored in each CD. The SOC within CDs represents a significant SOC storage in the landscape of the studied region and can reach values between 178.96 and 206.73 Mg·ha-1(mean 192.85 Mg·ha-1), the SOC content in the soil cover of the surrounding eroded slopes and plateaus is 102.38 Mg·ha-1. This study indicates that CDs are a key morphological features for a better understanding of the spatial distribution of SOC in agricultural used loess landscapes of eastern Poland. SOC storage in CDs needs to be taken into account when calculating total soil carbon storage at the regional scale.
02 Jul 2021Submitted to Land Degradation & Development
06 Jul 2021Submission Checks Completed
06 Jul 2021Assigned to Editor
09 Jul 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned
10 Sep 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
11 Sep 2021Editorial Decision: Additional Review
05 Sep 20221st Revision Received
20 Sep 2022Assigned to Editor
20 Sep 2022Submission Checks Completed
27 Oct 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
30 Oct 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Major
30 Dec 20222nd Revision Received
31 Dec 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
31 Dec 2022Submission Checks Completed
31 Dec 2022Assigned to Editor
02 Jan 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
22 Feb 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Major
24 Mar 20233rd Revision Received
25 Mar 2023Submission Checks Completed
25 Mar 2023Assigned to Editor
25 Mar 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
31 Mar 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
05 May 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
30 May 20234th Revision Received
31 May 2023Submission Checks Completed
31 May 2023Assigned to Editor
31 May 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
31 May 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
15 Jun 2023Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
28 Jun 20235th Revision Received
29 Jun 2023Assigned to Editor
29 Jun 2023Submission Checks Completed
29 Jun 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
01 Jul 2023Editorial Decision: Accept