Exploration of soil micromorphology to identify coarse-sized OM assemblages in X-ray CT images of undisturbed cultivated soil cores

Geoderma

Volumn 179-180, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-45

  Elyeznasni, N ^a   Sellami, F ^b   Pot, V ^a   Benoit, P ^a   Vieuble Gonod L ^a   Young, I ^c,e   Peth, S ^d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Grand Sud Ouest ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Micromorphology; Soil organic matter; Undisturbed soil samples; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CT IMAGE; CULTIVATED SOILS; GREY LEVELS; MACRO-POROSITY; MACROPORES; MESO-PORES; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; RETENTION CURVE; SCANNED IMAGES; SEGMENTED IMAGES; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MATRICES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; THIN-SECTIONS; UNDISTURBED SOILS; X RAY CT IMAGES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POROSITY; SCANNING; SOIL SURVEYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; X RAYS;

SOILS;

LUVISOL; MACROPORE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STRAW; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84858309140     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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