Density and permeability of a loess soil: Long-term organic matter effect and the response to compressive stress

Geoderma

Volumn 193-194, Issue , 2013, Pages 236-245

  Arthur, E ^a   Schjonning P ^a   Moldrup, P ^b   Tuller, M ^c   de Jonge, L W ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction; Initial water content; Pore organisation; Resilience; Resistance; Void ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MANURE; BULK DENSITY; COMPRESSION INDEX; CONFINED COMPRESSION; CROP ROTATION; FERTILISATION; FIELD TRIAL; FREEZE-THAW; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LOESS SOILS; MATRIC POTENTIAL; PORE ORGANISATION; PORE SPACE; PRE-COMPRESSION; RESILIENCE; RESILIENCE INDEX; SOIL COMPRESSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPONSE; TOTAL POROSITY; UNDISTURBED SOILS; VOID RATIOS;

AGRICULTURE; AIR PERMEABILITY; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; RECOVERY;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; COMPRESSION; CROP ROTATION; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; LOESS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; VOID RATIO; WATER CONTENT;

BAD LAUCHSTADT; GERMANY; SAXONY-ANHALT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84869124913     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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