Soil analysis using nuclear techniques: A literature review of the gamma ray attenuation method

LF Pires - Soil and Tillage Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The gamma ray attenuation method (GAM) has been used with success in soil science since
the fifties of the last century. Several soil properties can be measured directly or indirectly in …

X-ray microtomography analysis of representative elementary volume (REV) of soil morphological and geometrical properties

JAR Borges, LF Pires, FAM Cássaro, WL Roque… - Soil and Tillage …, 2018 - Elsevier
The representative elementary volume (REV) is related to the minimum size of a sample that
is necessary for representative measurements of a property. The REV is frequently …

Surface liming effects on soil radiation attenuation properties

TR Ferreira, LF Pires, AM Brinatti, AC Auler - Journal of soils and …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose This study investigates the effects of surface liming on soil attenuation radiation
properties. For this, measurements of soil chemical attributes (pH, organic carbon, H+ Al, Al …