Response to: "The robust concept of mineral-associated organic matter saturation: A letter to Begill et al. (2023)"

Abstract

In this response to a letter to the editor, we provide evidence that the findings regarding a non-detectable limit of mineral-associated organic carbon as published in Begill et al. (2023) are robust. This is mainly done by showing that no methodological bias was present and that the main correlation was not driven by a few exceptional soils.

Keywords: carbon sequestration; mineral-associated organic matter; size fractionation; soil carbon saturation; soil organic carbon.