Persistent effects of subsoil compaction on pore size distribution and gas transport in a loamy soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-51

  Berisso, F E ^a   Schjonning P ^a   Keller, T ^b,c   Lamande M ^a   Etana, A ^b   De Jonge, L W ^a   Iversen, B V ^a   Arvidsson, J ^b   Forkman, J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Compaction; Gas diffusivity; Persistency; Soil pore; Subsoil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMPACTED SOIL; COMPACTION EFFECT; DUAL POROSITY MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD CAPACITY; GAS DIFFUSIVITY; GAS TRANSPORT; INTACT CORE; LOAMY SOILS; MACROPORES; PERSISTENCY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FUNCTION; SOIL PORES; SOIL TILLAGE; SUBSOIL; WATER REGIME; WATER RETENTION; WHEEL LOADS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; AIR PERMEABILITY; COMPACTION; GEOLOGIC MODELS;

SOILS;

COMPACTION; GAS TRANSPORT; LOAM; MACHINERY; PERMEABILITY; PERSISTENCE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MECHANICS; SUBSOIL;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84859963313     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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