Skip to main content
Earth Science

Questions tagged [soil-science]

Ask Question

Questions regarding the state and functioning of soil, its interaction with the biota, hydrosphere and atmosphere

58 questions
Newest Active Bountied Unanswered
2 votes
0 answers
41 views

I'm currently writing my bachelor's thesis and I'm facing a small problem: I don't know how to properly discuss my results. I conducted a 2×2 factorial experiment with the factors Vole and Mulch. In ...
Faith's user avatar
  • 21
2 votes
1 answer
58 views

Can we add more detailed solar radiation in the weather file for a DayCent run, or is it always abstracted from lat/lon?
emdc-csu's user avatar
  • 181
2 votes
1 answer
102 views

I am new to DayCent and don't know how to best organize the files to run the model. Are there any suggested file and folder structures that are preferred to run DayCent? DayCent is a process-based ...
emdc-csu's user avatar
  • 181
2 votes
1 answer
66 views

When preparing a DayCent run, in which files do we enter latitude and longitude information? Do we have to indicate hemisphere numerically (e.g., 30.8S and 45.6W as -30.8 and -45.6)?
emdc-csu's user avatar
  • 181
0 votes
0 answers
25 views

Where can I find a comparative chart consisting of soil contents for different types of soils found in different countries around the world? Thanks.
Joselin Jocklingson's user avatar
  • 119
1 vote
1 answer
61 views

I am currently working on my master's thesis on Digital Soil Mapping – Soil Organic Carbon. Since I am using soil profiles from a legacy soil survey as training data, I am facing some confusion. The ...
Ivannalis Saputra's user avatar
  • 11
2 votes
1 answer
150 views

For my PhD, I will collect soil samples that need to be dried in drying ovens before being ground and ultimately analysed for their nutrient composition. While drying, the samples will be weighted ...
Barbara Perez de Araújo's user avatar
  • 121
1 vote
0 answers
114 views

I would like to know if there is a link between WHC and humidity. I have a compost with a maximum retention capacity of 500 mL/L and a moisture content of 77%. I have about 290g of compost in each ...
FatGuy's user avatar
  • 11
2 votes
0 answers
32 views

I'm an engineer doing some R&D designing a new product to measure some interesting soil parameters, and integrating a multi-pronged sensor probe to take the measurements. I'm considering making ...
vicatcu's user avatar
  • 121
1 vote
1 answer
328 views

I have been collecting every mineral of the year since 2012, and I have not found anything on last year's mineral.
Lalith_Aditya's user avatar
  • 31
0 votes
2 answers
121 views

Why is it that underground facilities (or underground military bases) are almost always built into hollowed out mountains? Examples of (publicly known ones anyway) are Cheyenne Mountain Complex and ...
dazzleworth's user avatar
  • 3
1 vote
1 answer
463 views

Chernozem soils, called mollisols in the Americas, are black-colored soils containing a high percentage of humus (4% to 16%) and high percentages of phosphorus and ammonia compounds. Many earthworms ...
CriglCragl's user avatar
  • 111
2 votes
0 answers
122 views

In the literature, there are graphical (approximate) ways to estimate AEV from the soil water retention curve. I wonder, how can one more accurately estimate AEV according to its definition: the ...
Alireza Amani's user avatar
  • 217
3 votes
0 answers
40 views

I am studying the recent paludification (e.g. mineral soil forests turning to peatlands) in a boreal regime. I have collected peat samples from the peat/mineral subsoil contact that have been 14C ...
Teemu Juselius's user avatar
  • 41
4 votes
0 answers
57 views

I've read from various University Extension sites (e.g., here and here) that boron levels would be deficient in sandy soils with low organic matter. This would suggest that boron levels would be ...
theforestecologist's user avatar
  • 479

15 30 50 per page
1
2 3 4