GeodermaCover crops have been used as an effective soil management practice to improve soil pore structure and promote particulate organic matter (POM) accumulation.
Tianyu Ding +9 more
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Analysis of the water absorption test to assess the intrinsic permeability of earthen materials [PDF]
, 2019 International ...
Antonin Fabbri +38 more
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Software for micromorphometric characterization of soil pores obtained from 2-D image analysis
Scientia Agricola, 2016 Studies of soil porosity through image analysis are important to an understanding of how the soil functions. However, the lack of a simplified methodology for the quantification of the shape, number, and size of soil pores has limited the use of ...
Miguel Cooper +3 more
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Porous materials in building energy technologies—a review of the applications, modelling and experiments [PDF]
, 2018 Improving energy efficiency in buildings is central to achieving the goals set by Paris agreement in 2015, as it reduces the energy consumption and consequently the emission of greenhouse gases without jeopardising human comfort.
Esfahani, Javad Abolfazli +2 more
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Physical attributes of a Dystroferric Red Latosol (Oxisol) under different management systems
Revista Agrogeoambiental, 2019 The relationship of management and soil quality may be evaluated by the behavior of soil physical, chemical and biological properties. In the assessment of soil structure, it is sought attributes in the view of measuring the porosity and the ...
Leandro Campos Pinto +2 more
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Soil structure and earthworm activity under different tillage systems in organic farming [PDF]
, 2007 Organic farmers are encouraged to adopt conservation tillage to preserve soil quality and fertility and prevent erosion. However, many studies in different soil and climate conditions have demonstrated that the compaction of the untilled layer is higher ...
Aveline, Anne +4 more
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Simulating microbial degradation of organic matter in a simple porous system using the 3-D diffusion-based model MOSAIC [PDF]
, 2013 This paper deals with the simulation of microbial degradation of organic matter in soil within the pore space at a microscopic scale. Pore space was analysed with micro-computed tomography and described using a sphere network coming from a geometrical ...
Chenu, Claire +6 more
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Grass Clippings Mulching Improves Infiltrability of Low-Permeability Dryland Soils
Air, Soil and Water ResearchIn arid and semiarid regions, the high compactness and poor water permeability of the soils severely limit agricultural production. This study aims to shed light on techniques to enhance the permeability of these soils—specifically, by improving soil ...
Xia Li +4 more
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Quantitative characterization of pore structure of several biochars with 3D imaging
, 2017 Pore space characteristics of biochars may vary depending on the used raw material and processing technology. Pore structure has significant effects on the water retention properties of biochar amended soils.
Hannula, Markus +5 more
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Soil Bulk Density and Porosity Changes due to Ground-based Timber Extraction in the Hyrcanian Forest
Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2013 Assessment and management of environmental impacts of forest harvesting activities, one of the main reasons is that its importance is increasing day by day.
Shoukuh SOLTANPOUR, Meghdad JOURGHOLAMI
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