Effects of vegetation restoration on soil aggregate microstructure quantified with synchrotron-based micro-computed tomography

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-23

  Zhou, H ^a   Peng, X ^a   Peth, S ^b   Xiao, T Q ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Micro computed tomography; Microstructure; Multifractal; Soil aggregate; Vegetation restoration

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE PORES; BARE LANDS; ELONGATED PORES; GENERALIZED DIMENSION; HIGH RESOLUTION; MACRO-POROSITY; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTIFRACTAL SCALING; MULTIFRACTAL THEORY; PORE SYSTEM; SHANGHAI SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITIES; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MICROSTRUCTURES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STABILITY; SOUTHERN CHINA; ULTISOL; VEGETATION RESTORATION; WATER STABILITY; X RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EROSION; FRACTALS; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE STRUCTURE; RESTORATION; SOILS; SYNCHROTRONS; VEGETATION;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SURFACE AREA; TOMOGRAPHY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84861329521     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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