Abstract:In this study, five farmland soils (black soil, light chernozem soil, fluvo-aquic soil, sierozem soil and Huangmian soil) with obvious different CaCO3 contents were selected to analyze the distributions and correlations among soil organic carbon (SOC), calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and calcium components within bulk soil and aggregate fractions, and evaluate the effect of CaCO3 on organic carbon accumulation in alkaline dryland soil. The results showed that no significant correlation existed between SOC and CaCO3 contents in bulk soil, but they were significantly negatively correlated in 0.002-0.053 mm and <0.002 mm aggregates (R2 were 0.67 and 0.83, respectively). Excessive CaCO3 affected the accumulation of organic carbon in micro-aggregates. The extractable and oxidizable calcium were the main calcium forms affecting the accumulation of organic carbon in microaggregates which accounted for 64.09% more of the total calcium content in soil, and their contents were increased with the decrease of aggregate size. Ca2+ is an important cement of organic-inorganic complexes, but excessive Ca2+ can seize organic carbon binding sites on soil particles and combine with clay and silt particles to form a micro-aggregate structure, which hinders the formation of organic-inorganic complexes and the accumulation of organic carbon in micro-aggregates.