Quantitative Assessment of Soil Physical Quality in Northern China Based on S-theory

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo

Dejun Yang¹  Zhengfu Bian¹  Kefeng Zhang¹  Jibing Xiong¹  Shaogang Lei¹ 

关键词: friability;    hard-setting;    S index;    soil water retention curve;    friabilidade;    rigidez;    qualidade física do solo;    curva de retenção de água;   

DOI  :  10.1590/01000683rbcs20150030

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT Quantitative assessment of soil physical quality is of great importance for eco-environmental pollution and soil quality studies. In this paper, based on the S-theory, data from 16 collection sites in the Haihe River Basin in northern China were used, and the effects of soil particle size distribution and bulk density on three important indices of theS-theory were investigated on a regional scale. The relationships between unsaturated hydraulic conductivityKi at the inflection point and S values (S/hi) were also studied using two different types of fitting equations. The results showed that the polynomial equation was better than the linear equation for describing the relationships between -log Ki and -logS, and -log Kiand -log (S/hi)2; and clay content was the most important factor affecting the soil physical quality index (S). The variation in the S index according to soil clay content was able to be fitted using a double-linear-line approach, with decrease in the S index being much faster for clay content less than 20 %. In contrast, the bulk density index was found to be less important than clay content. The average S index was 0.077, indicating that soil physical quality in the Haihe River Basin was good.

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