Detection of soil water in macropores of undisturbed soil using microfocus X-ray tube computerized tomography (μCT)

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-20

  Tippkötter, Rolf ^a   Eickhorst, Thilo ^a   Taubner, Heidi ^a   Gredner, Beke ^a   Rademaker, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Feinfocus Roentgen Systeme GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Microfocus X ray; Microscopy; Nanoparticles; Soil water

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; CLAY CONTENT; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; DARK FIELD MICROSCOPY; FEINFOCUS; FIELD CAPACITY; FOCAL SPOT SIZE; INNER STRUCTURE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; MACROPORES; MICROFOCUS X-RAY; MICROSCOPY; MINIMAL INFORMATION; NANOMETRES; OUTPUT INTENSITY; PORE SURFACE; RHEOLOGICAL EFFECT; SEM; SOIL MATRICES; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; UNDISTURBED SOILS; VISUAL IMAGE; WATER FILM; X RAY IRRADIATION; X-RAY EMISSION; XRAY IMAGING;

ADHESION; CLAY MINERALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CONGLOMERATE; FIELD CAPACITY; MACROPORE; POROSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; RHEOLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER COLUMN; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 69349087453     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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