Role of deforestation and hillslope position on soil quality attributes of loess-derived soils in Golestan province, Iran

F Khormali, M Ajami, S Ayoubi, C Srinivasarao… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2009 - Elsevier
Conversion of natural land resources into croplands, which is triggered by the rapid
population growth, causes serious soil degradation. A loess hillslope located in eastern …

Predicting uniaxial tensile strength of expansive soil with ensemble learning methods

Y Chen, Y Xu, B Jamhiri, L Wang, T Li - Computers and Geotechnics, 2022 - Elsevier
Tensile stress is a major parameter controlling the desiccation cracking, which may incur the
tensile failure of expansive soil slopes. In this study, a series of experiments was performed …

Wet sieving versus dry crushing: Soil microaggregates reveal different physical structure, bacterial diversity and organic matter composition in a clay gradient

VJ Felde, SA Schweizer, D Biesgen… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil microaggregates contain particles of different sizes, which may affect their potential to
store organic carbon (OC). A variety of methods can be used to isolate microaggregates …

Machine learning approaches for the prediction of soil aggregate stability

Y Bouslihim, A Rochdi, NEA Paaza - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Abstract Currently, many Pedotransfer Functions (PTFs) are being developed to predict
certain soil properties worldwide, especially for difficult and time-consuming parameters to …

土体抗拉张力学特性研究进展

汤连生, 桑海涛, 罗珍贵, 孙银磊 - 地球科学进展, 2015 - adearth.ac.cn
摘摇要: 在传统土力学的观念中, 土体通常不主动作为抗拉材料使用, 土的抗拉强度很小,
因而土体的抗拉强度往往被忽略或几乎视为零, 造成土体抗拉强度理论远落后于抗剪强度理论 …

Influence of olive oil solid waste applications on soil pH, electrical conductivity, soil nitrogen transformations, carbon content and aggregate stability

Y Kavdir, D Killi - Bioresource Technology, 2008 - Elsevier
Some of the agricultural wastes have important economic potentials to be used as a plant
nutrition and/or soil conditioner. Olive oil solid waste (OSW) is one of them. The aim of this …

Soil sensitivity to wind and water erosion as affected by land use in southern Iran

H Mozaffari, M Rezaei, Y Ostovari - Earth, 2021 - mdpi.com
Land degradation by soil erosion is one of the most severe environmental issues that is
greatly dependent on land use management. In this study, the effects of long-term land use …

Reduced tillage and compost effects on soil aggregate stability of a silt-loam Luvisol using different aggregate stability tests

SE Obalum, D Uteau-Puschmann, S Peth - Soil and Tillage Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Aggregate stability of soils informs about their relative strengths against erosive forces and
mechanical disruption; however, the many methods of assessment are not of equal potential …

Influence of crops on soil properties in agricultural lands of northern Iran

M Shabanpour, M Daneshyar, M Parhizkar… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the effects of land use and soil management on a combination of
physico-chemical, biological and hydrological properties of soil, in order to assess its quality …

Soil aggregate sequestration of cover crop root and shoot-derived nitrogen

Y Kavdır, AJM Smucker - Plant and soil, 2005 - Springer
Cover crop roots and shoots release carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) compounds in situ during
their decomposition. Depending upon the season, these C and N compounds may be …