Investigation and evaluation of total organic carbon in soil

Abstract

Soil – is one of the most important natural resources, on its structure and condition not only the aesthetical and cultural earths landscapes productivity depend, but also the ability of the top stratum to accumulate coal even in the long term, when different migration cycles (large and small Carbon migration cicles) take place. The soil also influences the quantity of gas in the atmosphere that causes the green house effect. This paperwork will start the series of publications on the accumulation of carbon in the Lithuania’s soil and the change dynamics due to the ongoing climate change. The paperwork presents the soil sample collecting methods and the general methods of measurement of carbon level using the Shimadzu SSM-5000A device. The first general carbon level research of the soil of the meadow of Užpaliai and the forest of Paliepis.