Effect of compaction on the porosity of a silty soil: influence on unsaturated hydraulic properties

European Journal of Soil Science - Tập 52 Số 1 - Trang 49-58 - 2001
Guy Richard1, Isabelle Cousin2, J.F. Sillon1, Ary Bruand2, Jérôme Guerif1
1INRA, Unité d'Agronomie de Laon-Péronne, 02007 Laon Cedex, and
2INRA, Unité de Science du Sol – SESCPF, Centre de Recherche d'Orléans, BP 20619, 45166 Olivet Cedex, France

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SummaryTillage and traffic modify soil porosity and pore size distribution, leading to changes in the unsaturated hydraulic properties of the tilled layer. These changes are still difficult to characterize. We have investigated the effect of compaction on the change in the soil porosity and its consequences for water retention and hydraulic conductivity. A freshly tilled layer and a soil layer compacted by wheel tracks were created in a silty soil to obtain contrasting bulk densities (1.17 and 1.63 g cm−3, respectively). Soil porosity was analysed by mercury porosimetry, and scanning electron microscopy was used to distinguish between the textural pore space and the structural pore space. The laboratory method of Wind (direct evaporation) was used to measure the hydraulic properties in the tensiometric range. For water potentials < −20 kPa, the compacted layer retained more water than did the uncompacted layer, but the relation between the hydraulic conductivity and the water ratio (the volume of water per unit volume of solid phase) was not affected by the change in bulk density. Compaction did not affect the textural porosity (i.e. matrix porosity), but it created relict structural pores accessible only through the micropores of the matrix. These relict structural pores could be the reason for the change in the hydraulic properties due to compaction. They can be used as an indicator of the consequences of compaction on unsaturated hydraulic properties. The modification of the pore geometry during compaction results not only from a decrease in the volume of structural pores but also from a change in the relation between the textural pores and the remaining structural pores.

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European Journal of Soil Science

Tập 52 Số 1

49-58

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