Restored prairies are expected to improve soil physical properties, yet little is known about the extent of change to soil properties and how rapidly these changes take place. The objective of this study was to compare effects of prairie restoration on computed tomography (CT)-measured pore parameters. Undisturbed soil cores (76 mm diam. by 76 mm long) from native prairie (NP), restored prairie...

We aimed to assess the presence and availability of arsenic (As) in intertidal marshes of the Scheldt estuary. Arsenic content was determined in soils sampled at 4 sampling depths in 11 marshes, together with other physicochemical characteristics. Subsequently, a greenhouse experiment was set up in which pore water arsenic (As) concentrations were measured 4 times in a 298-day period in 4 marsh...

Phenomena occurring in soil pores can best be studied if the geometry of the pore space is understood. A number of models for the pore space have been proposed. These have included a Boolean grain process, fractals, packed sphere and other grain models, bubble processes, cracking processes and a range of models based on simple geometrical objects. This paper considers the issues raised by these...

A cosmic-ray soil moisture probe is usually calibrated locally using soil samples collected within its support volume. But such calibration may be difficult or impractical, for example when soil contains stones, in presence of bedrock outcrops, in urban environments, or when the probe is used as a rover. Here we use the neutron transport code MCNPx with observed soil chemistries and pore water ...

The effects of ionic strength of the permeating fluid on the clogging of soil filters and drainage layers are addressed using both experimental and modeling investigations. In the experimental phase, a sandy soil representative of soil filters was permeated with pore fluids containing kaolinite particles. The ionic strength of the solutions was changed using different concentrations of NaOH and...

The thermal conductivity of dry soils is related closely to air pressure and the contact areas between solid particles. In this study, the thermal conductivity of two-phase soil systems was determined under reduced and increased air pressures. The thermal separation of soil particles, i.e., the characteristic dimension of the pore space (d), was then estimated based on the relationship between ...

The main objective of this study was to determine the influence of soil moisture, organic matter amendment and plastic cover (a virtually impermeable film, VIF) on diffusion and emissions of (Z)- and (E)-1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) in microplots of Florida sandy soil (Arredondo fine sand). Upward diffusion of the two isomers in the Arredondo soil without a plastic cover was greatly influenced b...

et al. (1995). Finally, Yeong and Torquato (1998) use a combination of the two-point correlation function and The characterization of the soil habitat is of fundamental importhe lineal path function to characterize the pore geometance to an understanding of processes associated with sustainable management such as environmental flows, bioavailability, and soil try of a broad range of isotropic s...

Asymmetric flow-field flow fractionation-inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry was used to determine whether colloidal arsenic (As) exists in soil pore water and soil extract samples at two arsenic-contaminated abandoned gold mines (Montague and Goldenville, Nova Scotia). Colloidal arsenic was found in 12 out of the 80 collected samples (=15%), and was primarily associated with iron (Fe)...

River bed and bank protections should be designed regarding unsaturated soil conditions. Natural surface and pore water are not ideal incompressible fluids. Microscopic gas bubbles are dispersed in both of them. Due to the compressibility of such fluids delayed pore water reactions can be observed when external pressure changes act on such a medium. This paper deals with the results of laborato...