Universal spatial correlation functions for describing and reconstructing soil microstructure.

ABSTRACT: Structural features of porous materials such as soil define the majority of its physical properties, including water infiltration and redistribution, multi-phase flow (e.g. simultaneous water/air flow, or gas exchange between biologically active soil root zone and atmosphere) and solute transport. To characterize soil microstructure, conventional soil science uses such metrics as pore size and pore-size distributions and thin section-derived morphological indicators. However, these descriptors provide only limited amount of information about the complex arrangement of soil structure and have limited capability to reconstruct structural features or predict physical properties. We introduce three different spatial correlation functions as a comprehensive tool to characterize soil microstruct

SUBMITTER: Karsanina MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4444105 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature