Measuring physical and hydraulic properties of peat from X-ray tomography

Geoderma

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 269-277

  Quinton, W L ^a   Elliot, T ^b   Price, J S ^c   Rezanezhad, F ^a   Heck, R ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active porosity; Hydraulic properties; Moisture content; Peat; Physical properties; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

2D ANALYSIS; 5-LEVEL; ACTIVE POROSITY; DISAGGREGATION; DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST; FLOW NETWORK; GRADUAL TRANSITION; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND-MASSES; LARGE PORES; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC SOIL; PARTICLE PORES; PEAT LAND; PEAT SAMPLES; PORE SPACE; SAMPLE VOLUME; SIMPSON; SOIL-WATER PRESSURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD METHOD; SUB-SAMPLES; SURFACE AREA; THREE DIMENSIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; VOLUME LOSS; VOLUMETRIC MOISTURE CONTENT; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PEAT; POROSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; UNDERWATER SOILS; WETLANDS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BOREAL FOREST; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC SOIL; PEAT; PEATLAND; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; TERRAIN; TOMOGRAPHY; TUNDRA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SCOTTY CREEK;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 70349229142     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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