Highlights ► A continual model of soil organic matter transformation has been proposed. ► The model has been tested by comparison with natural data on SOM stocks. ► Model estimate time of soil forming in CELSS is sufficiently short: 1 to 3years.

    Abstract A continual model of humification and mineralization of soil organic matter (SOM) formed under the conditions of a Lunar base from biological waste materials is proposed. The model parameters corresponding to the conditions of several Earths climatic regions are estimated. The time necessary for the formation of organic matter in the soil based on regolith and higher plant residues has been evaluated. Soil formation under tropical conditions are shown to be the most appropriate for Lunar base CELSS due to high matter turnover rate, relatively short formation time, minimum deposited mass, and satisfactory predictability of expected soil parameters.


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    Title :

    A continual model of soil organic matter transformations for predicting soil forming dynamics inside higher plant CELSS


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 51 , 5 ; 789-796


    Publication date :

    2012-10-01


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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