Transcription of CHAPTER 1. SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
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CHAPTER 1. SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SSC107-Fall 2000 CHAPTER 1, Page - 1 - CHAPTER 1. SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIESC ontents: Soil physics Soil texture Soil surface area Soil structure Volume and mass relationships Water content measurements UnitsSOIL PHYSICS: THE STUDY OF THE STATE AND TRANSPORT OF ALL FORM OFMATTER AND ENERGY IN SOILSJ Why study soil physics ???ATMOSPHEREROOTZONESOIL SURFACEVADOSE ZONE CROPSSTREAMGROUNDWATERSOILS: SOURCE OF NUTRIENTS AND WATER FOR CROP AND PLANT GROWTH CONDUIT BETWEEN SOIL SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER ACT AS FILTER AND A BUFFERSSC107-Fall 2000 CHAPTER 1, Page - 2 -Soils are extremely complex, hence we often simplify to study and understand soil physicalprinciples, , soil particles are spherical soil pores are composed of capillary tubes soil is homogeneoussoil particlessoil gassoil waterSOIL SOLID PHASE IS CHARACTERIZED BY SOIL TEXTURE - SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL PARTICLES CHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL PROPERTIES SHAPE AND SURFACE AREA OF SOIL PARTICLES SOIL STRUCTURE - ARRANGEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL SOIL PARTICLESSoil texture.
Has a large influence on water holding capacity, water conducting ability and chemical soil properties Soil Texture Classification: Soil separate equivalent diameter size (mm) gravel > 2 mm Sand 0.05 - 2 mm very coarse 1 - 2 mm coarse 0.5 - 1 mm medium 0.25 - 0.5 mm fine 0.1 - 0.25 mm very fine 0.05 - 0.1 mm Silt 0.002 - 0.05 mm
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