Eb. Skvortsova et Pm. Sapozhnikov, TRANSFORMATION OF THE PORE-SPACE OF COMPACTED SOILS DURING SEASONAL FREEZING AND THAWING, Eurasian soil science, 31(11), 1998, pp. 1245-1255
The role of seasonal freezing and thawing in the discompaction of plow
horizons and in the restoration of the volume and shape of soil pore
space is analyzed by the example of gray forest soils. The specific pl
aty structure of agrogenically compacted soils during the winter seaso
n is characterized. The main indices of the improvement of soil aggreg
ate status during the annual cycle are distinguished. The effect of au
tumn plowing of compacted soils on discompaction processes is consider
ed.