This study aimed to assess the total organic carbon content in chemical and granulometric fraction of an Oxisol from four different land use systems. The soil samples were collected in Juruena and Juara, Mato Grosso (Brazil), and prepared for the physical and chemical fractionations. The results indicated that different land use systems caused significative carbon content changing in both humic substances and granulometric fraction. It was observed from the differentiated concentration of humine and free fulvic acids for each system. The distribution of total organic carbon in the granulometric fraction < 53 μm was higher than fraction > 53 μm for all land use, indicating greater presence of organic material in the silt and clay.
Organic carbon; Tropical soils; Humic substances
