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Natural organic matter in soils contains stable semiquinone radicals, the nature of which depends on their origin and their maturation state. The relative proportions of these radicals, deduced from simulations of the EPR spectrum, constitute a signature which can be used to differentiate soils and even their horizons. It allows us to monitor the transfer of organic matter in a drainage basin from the soil to the hydrological systems, from the systems to their spillways and right up to the natural recorders (sediments, speleothems). The power of this tracing method is clearly illustrated by the determination of the catchment area and the residence time for drinking water in karst formations.
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Pépin-Donat, B. et al. (2020). Tracing Natural Organic Matter at the Scale of Drainage Basins. In: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39668-8_2
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