MA Zheng1, 2, ZHANG Baisong1, et al. Effects of Soil Amendments on Characteristics and Fractal Dimension of Clay Soil Aggregates[J]. 2016, 30(5): 337-341.
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MA Zheng1, 2, ZHANG Baisong1, et al. Effects of Soil Amendments on Characteristics and Fractal Dimension of Clay Soil Aggregates[J]. 2016, 30(5): 337-341. DOI: 10.13870/j.cnki.stbcxb.2016.05.056.
Effects of Soil Amendments on Characteristics and Fractal Dimension of Clay Soil Aggregates
By taking clay soil in Binzhou as research objects
pot experiments were conducted in order to evaluate the effects of nutritive soil amendments on compacted soil. Soil bulk density
soil specific gravity
porosity and soil aggregate were investigated
and stability of soil aggregate were calculated to study the effects of NSA on characteristics and fractal dimension of clay soil aggregates. The result showed that NSA could decrease pH
soil bulk density and soil specific gravity
and increase porosity. NSA significantly increased the content of 0.5~1 mm and 0.25~0.5 mm soil aggregate
while significantly reduced the content of <0.05 mm soil aggregate. The amount of water-stable macroaggregates (R0.25) of 0.5% NSA and 1.0% NSA were significantly higher than the control (CK)
with an increase of 67.14 % and 141.58%. With soil amendments application
larger soil aggregates were formed to improve soil condition. Mean weight diameter (MWD)
geometric mean diameter (GMD) and fractal dimension (D) were significantly higher than the control
and the soil unstable aggregate index (ELT) decreased with amount of NSA which was the lowest in T3 treatment. The results indicated that applying NSA could improve surface soil structures through increasing water-stable macroaggregates contents and stability. This research provides academic and instructive bases for developing soil amendments.