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Dear all, I am doing oedometer test on remolded soils with sodium chloride (NaCl) as the pore fluid. The pre-consolidation pressure (Pc) was determined based on the method of Casagrande. The value...
14 December 2016 6,343 3 View
First directly spun the sample at took the sediment from Glacier and proceed it according to FastPrep Soil Kit protocol. Secondly, i treated the sample with Guanidine thiocynate, Tris-HCl and 10%...
12 December 2016 3,200 4 View
Soils science, civil engineering, Dielectric
12 December 2016 6,222 2 View
Calcium carbonate is one of the cementing agent the participate in the binding of soil particles together through physico-chemical mechanisms and presumbly create a stable soil structure . i want...
12 December 2016 6,744 19 View
I am goin to collect soil samples for P. brassicae inoculum density quantification, however I am not sure why some articles say that those samples should be kept at 10ºC or -20ºC for no longer...
12 December 2016 9,617 3 View
I am trying to model pullout of a steel helical nail through soil in ABAQUS. During the analysis i am getting an error "Too many attempts made for this increment". I have tried applying loads in...
12 December 2016 1,602 4 View
i want to assess the hydraulic conductivity ( saturated and unsaturated) in the field through diffrent horizon in the vertical and the horizontal direction. how can i proceed to compute an...
12 December 2016 2,259 4 View
Somebody knows where can I buy a good soil sampler without disturbing real bulk density? Thanks a lot
12 December 2016 2,757 8 View
1. are these three type of crusts relate to each other ? or their developement is governed by a different Mechanisms?. 2. How can we recognize them in the fields? Kind regards Yacine Louadj
12 December 2016 8,723 1 View
What is the best calcium source for pistachio? how much could we use?
12 December 2016 1,939 12 View
We observed this when analyzed samples from two profiles, one situated within Aridisols of the Nile River terraces and the other situated within Vertisols of the Blue Nile.
12 December 2016 4,054 14 View
We, the pedologists at the ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur while working for the last two decades to pinpoint the factors of organic carbon (OC) accumulation in Indian tropical soils, realized the...
12 December 2016 5,484 10 View
Hello, I was wondering if someone could tell me "maximum how many days ahead can the existing wind (power)-forecasting tools can predict the wind speed/power with an hourly time resolution and...
07 December 2016 7,437 6 View
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I'm working with recovery of soils that are damaged with physical structure, using cover crops.
28 November 2016 1,659 7 View
I want to know about the efficiency of Barcelona soil model in pore suction condition. Is Barcelona good for soil suction modeling in dams?
26 November 2016 295 1 View
It is well known that N and K has synergistic effects. Deficiency of one element might create detrimental effect of other element on crop growth and development. In this regards, under K control...
25 November 2016 7,134 5 View
In our country pakistan specially in sindh province organic matter is very low as compared to developed countries hence we have largest irrigation system but our yield is low the main cause is low...
25 November 2016 6,486 50 View
I will like to have more precise data on the quantity of nitrite and nitrate in milk than the one you have with coloration bandelets.
22 November 2016 4,328 8 View
i am working on Nitrate nitrogen and phosphorus dynamic in the soil and designed the field experiment of winter wheat and summer maize crops rotation for five years, i need to know the...
18 November 2016 7,010 1 View
There are some kinds of salt present in saline soil. As far I know, Na salt is more harmful than others. But I have no idea about effect of Mg salt (MgSO4) on soil health. What are the permissible...
18 November 2016 1,928 15 View
Soil receives C inputs to offset C outputs resulting from microbial decomposition of soil organic matter. This C input decreases along the soil profile because top soils receive more C such as...
17 November 2016 9,931 19 View