ISSN:
1435-0661
Keywords:
SLC, silty clay loam
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
a ) and minor axis (b) was inscribed within each pore. All the pores appeared as lenses of different sizes which could be assumed to represent disk-shaped cracks characterized by a diameter d and an aperture e. The crack model was calculated by means of a percolation threshold, pc = 0.33, along with values d and e as well as the measured porosity. This allowed a determination of the crack interconnection factor f. During compression, the number of pores per unit area decreased. Increasing the loading closed off pores and modified flow pathways. Connected sites facilitating percolation became disconnected from each other and the flow was reduced. The effective porosity, which actually took part in flow, was determined for all the samples and was dependent on peat content.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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