Soil aggregate stability is a measure of the ability of soil aggregates—soil particles that bind together—to resist breaking apart when exposed to external...
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physical (aggregate stability), chemical (mineral balance), and biological (CO2 respiration) analyses, which today are considered hallmarks of soil health...
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Water retention curve (category Soil physics)
characteristic. It is used to predict the soil water storage, water supply to the plants (field capacity) and soil aggregate stability. Due to the hysteretic effect...
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taken from the modern British Isles. Liming can also improve aggregate stability on clay soils. For this purpose structure lime, products containing calcium...
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evidence that they promote aggregate formation or stability in field soils. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have been shown to increase soil carbon decomposition...
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Humus (category Soil improvers)
"Role of cationic polarization in humus-increased soil aggregate stability". European Journal of Soil Science. 67 (3): 341–50. doi:10.1111/ejss.12342....
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Lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) or expanded clay (exclay) is a lightweight aggregate made by heating clay to around 1,200 °C (2,190 °F) in...
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Sieve analysis (redirect from Soil panning)
side-on. Gradation affects many properties of an aggregate, including bulk density, physical stability and permeability. With careful selection of the...
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soil health; nonetheless, several benefits are proposed in the following points: Reduced erosion, sedimentation: increased soil aggregate stability means...
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Water content (redirect from Degree of saturation (soil))
content is the quantity of water contained in a material, such as soil (called soil moisture), rock, ceramics, crops, or wood. Water content is used in...
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plants and soil organisms. Some scientific definitions distinguish dirt from soil by restricting the former term specifically to displaced soil. Soil consists...
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clay. At the next larger scale, soil structures called peds or more commonly soil aggregates are created from the soil separates when iron oxides, carbonates...
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Soil liquefaction occurs when a cohesionless saturated or partially saturated soil substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied...
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of soil quality indicators consists of tests that measure soil texture, bulk density, porosity, water content at saturation, aggregate stability, penetration...
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Glomalin (category Soil biology)
hypothesized to improve soil aggregate stability and decrease soil erosion. However, since glomalin can not be adequate quantified in soil, studies usually analyze...
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Tilth (category Soil biology)
of soil, especially in relation to its suitability for planting or growing a crop. Factors that determine tilth include the formation and stability of...
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Compressed earth block (redirect from Stabilized soil block)
compressed soil block, is a building material made primarily from an appropriate mix of fairly dry inorganic subsoil, non-expansive clay, sand, and aggregate. Forming...
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Sodium adsorption ratio (category Agricultural soil science)
effects of sodium on the stability of soil aggregates. However, high K and Mg concentrations have also negative effects on soil permeability. The effect...
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza (category Soil biology)
stability and decrease soil erosion. A strong correlation has been found between GRSP and soil aggregate water stability in a wide variety of soils where...
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Yves (2016). "Aggregate stability and assessment of soil crustability and erodibility. I. Theory and methodology". European Journal of Soil Science. 67...
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region soils. Prismatic: more angular and hexagonal at the top of the aggregate Columnar: particles that are rounded at the top of the aggregate The mineral...
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acidic soils, improving plant growth and increasing the activity of soil microbes. Structure liming can also improve aggregate stability in clay soils. linear...
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efficiency of insulation of a house R-value (soils) in geotechnical engineering, the stability of soils and aggregates for pavement construction R-factor (crystallography)...
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Crop rotation (category Agricultural soil science)
Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016. "Aggregate Stability". Natural...
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(2011). "Impact of N fertilization on subsoil properties: soil organic matter and aggregate stability" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2022. Odling-Smee, F. John;...
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soil, and by increasing the stability of soil aggregates, these organisms help to assure the ready infiltration of water. These organisms in the soil...
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cohesion of soil aggregates by changing the interactions between soil particles. Because polymer-soil interactions occur on the surfaces of soil particles...
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engineering soil classification systems in the United States include the AASHTO Soil Classification System, which classifies soils and aggregates relative...
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Porosity (category Soil physics)
surface soil typically decreases as particle size increases. This is due to soil aggregate formation in finer textured surface soils when subject to soil biological...
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in the soil. The more minerals that are found in area can result in a higher abundance of bacteria. These bacteria will also form aggregates which increases...
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