Fig. 4. Two models of soil aggregates formed with soil humus A Model: Soil aggregates are formed by combination of long-chain humic acids with soil particles. B Model: Soil aggregates are composed of various short-chain substances produced by humification, such as polysaccharides (black), polypeptides (blue), aliphatic compounds (green) and polycyclic lignin fragments (brown). These short-chain substances are combined with soil mineral particles by cations (red) to form aggregates
|