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Item Open Access A mechanistic approach to modeling saturation and protection mechanisms of soil organic matter(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2009) Olchin, Gabriel Peter, author; Paustian, Keith, advisorSimulation models have been used extensively as a research tool in the field of soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics and should embody our best understandings of the processes and mechanisms controlling these dynamics. Our objective was to develop and evaluate a SOM model based upon measureable soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions and optimize it against long-term tillage experiments in North America. This model will include (1) soil aggregate dynamics, with direct influence from tillage events; (2); and the mechanisms of SOM stabilization; and (3) explicitly address the concept of potential SOC saturation. The major proposed mechanisms for SOM stabilization-physical occlusion, organic recalcitrance, and organo-mineral interactions-have limited explicit inclusion in current SOM models.