influence of soil organic matter (som) on the adsorption, desorption and transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) has already been given full investigation in soils. in this paper, confocal laser scanning microscope (clsm) was used to elucidate aqueous leaching of pahs in different types of soil with soil columns, which enhanced understanding on transport of pahs appreciably. four t...

BACKGROUND Our daily activities imply displacements on various types of soil. For persons with gait disorder or losing functional autonomy, walking on some types of soil could be challenging because of the risk of falling it represents. METHODS In this paper, we present, in a first part, the use of an enactive shoe for an automatic differentiation of several types of soil. In a second part, u...

understanding the plant species diversity could be used as an importantindicator applied for the natural areas management. the aim of this study was toinvestigate the relationships between soil characterizes with distribution and diversity ofplant in vegetation types in karvan district (located in west of isfahan province). for thispurpose, three vegetation types were selected as follows: scari...

introduction: soil structural stability affects the profitability and sustainability of agricultural systems. particle size distribution (psd) and aggregate stability are the important characteristics of soil. aggregate stability has a significant impact on the development of the root system, water and carbon cycle and soil resistance against soil erosion. soil aggregate stability, defined as t...

abstract wenner direct contact method is a method of estimating apparent electrical conductivity (eca) of agricultural soils in situ. this method can be affected by factors such as quality of electrodes in contact with soil, type of employed electric current, moisture content, clay content and compaction of soil. in this research, the effect of electrode type (rod and plate) and electric curren...