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CORRECTION article

Front. Environ. Sci.

Sec. Soil Processes

This article is part of the Research TopicSoil Processes: Insights 2025View all 3 articles

The deeper, the more distinct: dissolved organic matter composition differs between soil types and diverges with depths

Provisionally accepted
Livia  Vieira Carlini CharambaLivia Vieira Carlini Charamba1*Tobias  HouskaTobias Houska1,2Klaus  KaiserKlaus Kaiser3Klaus-Holger  KnorrKlaus-Holger Knorr4Tobias  KrauseTobias Krause1Huan  ChenHuan Chen5Pavel  KramPavel Kram6,7Jakub  HruškaJakub Hruška6,7Ingo  MüllerIngo Müller8Karsten  KalbitzKarsten Kalbitz1
  • 1Department of Forest Sciences, Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Tharandt, Germany
  • 2Department of Landscape Ecology and Resource Management, Justus Liebig University, Gießen, Germany
  • 3Soil Science and Soil Protection, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
  • 4Institute for Landscape Ecology, Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry Group, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
  • 5Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science, Clemson University, Clemson, United States
  • 6Czech Geological Survey, Prague, Czechia
  • 7Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia
  • 8Saxon State Office for Environment, Agriculture and Geology, Freiberg, Germany

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Keywords: cross-site similarities, dissolved organic matter, Fluorescence spectroscopy, horizontal variability, Pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, uniform DOM composition

Received: 28 Nov 2025; Accepted: 11 Dec 2025.

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* Correspondence: Livia Vieira Carlini Charamba

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