A small amount of carbon storage occurs when the decomposed matter is added to soil.

Fly larvae live in soil, water, decomposed matter, plant matter or animal tissue.

Miasma was considered to be a poisonous vapor or mist filled with particles from decomposed matter (miasmata) that caused illnesses.

Crane wants to understand how the decomposed matter of dirt feels and how water feels and how rocks feel.

Measurements of organic matter generally measure only organic compounds or carbon, and so are only an approximation of the level of once-living or decomposed matter.

Nevertheless, the great Lord Mo-tecuzdma, in whatever forgotten place he lies how, is but a buried smudge of decomposed matter, perhaps discernible only if the grass grows a brighter green where he lies.

Angola's resource wealth goes hand-in-hand with the potential dinosaur bonanza beneath its soil: the oil being drilled today is formed from the decomposed matter of animals and plants living millions of years ago, the ones Jacobs and his team are digging up.

O horizons may be divided into O1 and O2 categories, whereby O1 horizons contain decomposed matter whose origin can be spotted on sight (for instance, fragments of rotting leaves), and O2 horizons contain only well-decomposed organic matter, the origin of which is not readily visible.