PHYSICAL SOIL DEGRADATION - STATUS PARAMETERS

Citation
Pn. Berezin et Ii. Gudima, PHYSICAL SOIL DEGRADATION - STATUS PARAMETERS, Eurasian soil science, 27(12), 1995, pp. 52-57
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
ISSN journal
10642293
Volume
27
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
52 - 57
Database
ISI
SICI code
1064-2293(1995)27:12<52:PSD-SP>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The essence, reasons, agents, and consequences of soil physical degrad ation are considered at the horizon, profile, and landscape-topographi c levels. A set of independent parameters of the pore-space structure is substantiated; these are textural and stable specific porosity, fis suring, and coefficient of soil textural shrinkage. Intervals and leve ls for these characteristics are presented in the form of five-gradati on scales, together with a scale for an overall assessment of soil phy sical status.