MICROTRENCHES AND MICRORIDGES ON THE ACCRETIVE STRUCTURAL SURFACES OFSOME CLAYEY SOILS

Authors
SULLIVAN LA
Citation
La. Sullivan, MICROTRENCHES AND MICRORIDGES ON THE ACCRETIVE STRUCTURAL SURFACES OFSOME CLAYEY SOILS, Australian Journal of Soil Research, 33(4), 1995, pp. 565-568
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Australian Journal of Soil Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00049573
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
565 - 568
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-9573(1995)33:4<565:MAMOTA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Microtrenches (trenches up to 8 mu m wide) and microridges (ridges up to 20 mu m wide) have been observed during scanning electron microscop ic studies of accretive structural pore surfaces in clayey soils. Micr otrenches may form by the partial burial of hyphae during clay deposit ion followed by the lysis or removal of the hyphae, whereas microridge s may be formed by complete burial of hyphae during clay deposition.