soil compaction

См. также в других словарях:

• Soil compaction — occurs when weight of livestock or heavy machinery compresses soil, causing it to lose pore space. Affected soils become less able to absorb rainfall, thus increasing runoff and erosion. Plants have difficulty in compacted soil because the… …   Wikipedia

• Compaction — may refer to: Soil compaction, for mechanically induced compaction near the ground surface Compaction (geology), part of the process of lithification involving mechanical dewatering of a sediment by progressive loading under several km of… …   Wikipedia

• Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …   Wikipedia

• Compaction (geology) — For compaction near the surface, see Soil compaction; for consolidation near the surface, see Consolidation (soil) Compaction (geology) refers to the process by which a sediment progressively loses its porosity due to the effects of loading. This …   Wikipedia

• Soil morphology — is the field observable attributes of the soil within the various soil horizons and the description of the kind and arrangement of the horizons. [cite book | last = Buol | first = Stanley W. | authorlink = | coauthors = Southard, Randal J.,… …   Wikipedia

• Soil structure — is determined by how individual soil granules clump or bind together and aggregate, and therefore, the arrangement of soil pores between them. Soil structure has a major influence on water and air movement, biological activity, root growth and… …   Wikipedia

• Consolidation (soil) — Consolidation is a process by which soils decrease in volume. According to Karl Terzaghi consolidation is any process which involves decrease in water content of a saturated soil without replacement of water by air. [citation needed] In general… …   Wikipedia

• Cecil (soil) — with the [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q hl=en geocode= q=http:%2F%2Fsoil science.info%2Fmaps%2FTypic Soil Pedons.kml ie=UTF8 t=h om=1 ll=36.045456, 78.490705 spn=0.029251,0.061669 z=15 typic Cecil pedon] actually located in Franklin County, NC …   Wikipedia

• Characterisation of pore space in soil — Soil is essential to most animals on the earth. It is a relatively thin crust where an even smaller portion contains much of the biological activity. Soil consists of three different phases. A solid phase (≈ 20%) that contains mainly minerals of… …   Wikipedia

• Proctor compaction test — The Proctor compaction test and the related modified Proctor compaction test, named for engineer Ralph R. Proctor (1933), are tests to determine the maximum practically achievable density of soils and aggregates, and are frequently used in… …   Wikipedia

• Dynamic compaction — is a method that is used to increase the density of the soil when certain subsurface constraints make other methods inappropriate. It is a method that is used to increase the density of soil deposits. The process involves of dropping a heavy… …   Wikipedia