A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space

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Autor(a) principal: OTTONI FILHO, Teophilo Benedicto
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: OTTONI, Marta Vasconcelos, LIN, Henry, ROTUNNO FILHO, Otto Corrêa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
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Resumo: The concept of soil structure does not yet have a consolidated means of quantification, but it plays an important role because of its significance in the understanding and representation of flow and transfer phenomena in soils. An useful way of quantifying soil structure is to consider pore-size distribution (PSD) equal to effective air saturation calculated as an increasing function of soil water suction. Based on similarities between the particle-size distribution and the PSD curves, a structural classification system of soil pore space is developed, which is comparable to the textural classification. Three pore-size fractions are arbitrarily defined in the effective porous space, as: effective macroporous space (0-60cm suction); effective mesoporous space (60-15,000cm suction); and effective microporous space (suctions larger than 15,000cm). For the sake of classification, the effective porous space is subdivided into three fractions: 0-1/3, 1/3-2/3, and 2/3-1. The three pore-size fractions sum up to 1, allowing a soil sample to be represented in an equilateral triangle, we called soil structural triangle. The resulting nine subareas in the triangle (three pore-size fractions x three porous space fractions) represent the nine orders (from A to I) of the classification system, namely: A - highly macroporous; C - highly mesoporous; I - highly microporous; D - macroporous; E - mesoporous; H - microporous; B - macro-mesoporous; G - meso-microporous; and F - macro-microporous. This system aims to group soils with similar air availability (AA) curves (air content vs. suction). So, the van-Genuchten model for water retention is assumed and effective porosity is determined in a standardized manner. Four suborders (from 1 to 4) are then further used to represent effective porosity ranges, respectively: 0-0.20; 0.20-0.40; 0.40-0.60; and >0.60cm3.cm-3. The resulting 36 soil classes assemble samples with similar AA curves. They are called soil structural families. A large international database with more than 3000 soil samples from Europe and Brazil was used to evaluate the proposed system. It is confirmed that the families grouped soils with similar AA curves and only three structural families were not represented in the database. The results also show that soils with different textures and pedogenesis can behave similarly in terms of pore-size distribution: a typical case was clayed tropical soils joining the sandy European soils in the macroporous orders A and D. More frequently, sandy soils were in the macroporous orders, silty soils in the mesoporous, and clayey soils in the microporous orders. The proposed system can contribute to the enhanced understanding and modeling of soil structural behavior, including a better formulation of pedotransfer functions.
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spelling OTTONI FILHO, Teophilo BenedictoOTTONI, Marta VasconcelosLIN, HenryROTUNNO FILHO, Otto Corrêa2021-10-29T20:04:00Z2021-10-29T20:04:00Z2015-05OTTONI FILHO, Teophilo Benedicto; OTTONI, Marta Vasconcelos; LIN, Henry; ROTUNNO FILHO, Otto Corrêa. A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space. In: THIRD BRAZILIAN SOIL PHYSICS MEETING, 3.,2015, Curitiba, Paraná. Resumo...Curitiba: BSPM, 2015.https://rigeo.cprm.gov.br/handle/doc/22398The concept of soil structure does not yet have a consolidated means of quantification, but it plays an important role because of its significance in the understanding and representation of flow and transfer phenomena in soils. An useful way of quantifying soil structure is to consider pore-size distribution (PSD) equal to effective air saturation calculated as an increasing function of soil water suction. Based on similarities between the particle-size distribution and the PSD curves, a structural classification system of soil pore space is developed, which is comparable to the textural classification. Three pore-size fractions are arbitrarily defined in the effective porous space, as: effective macroporous space (0-60cm suction); effective mesoporous space (60-15,000cm suction); and effective microporous space (suctions larger than 15,000cm). For the sake of classification, the effective porous space is subdivided into three fractions: 0-1/3, 1/3-2/3, and 2/3-1. The three pore-size fractions sum up to 1, allowing a soil sample to be represented in an equilateral triangle, we called soil structural triangle. The resulting nine subareas in the triangle (three pore-size fractions x three porous space fractions) represent the nine orders (from A to I) of the classification system, namely: A - highly macroporous; C - highly mesoporous; I - highly microporous; D - macroporous; E - mesoporous; H - microporous; B - macro-mesoporous; G - meso-microporous; and F - macro-microporous. This system aims to group soils with similar air availability (AA) curves (air content vs. suction). So, the van-Genuchten model for water retention is assumed and effective porosity is determined in a standardized manner. Four suborders (from 1 to 4) are then further used to represent effective porosity ranges, respectively: 0-0.20; 0.20-0.40; 0.40-0.60; and >0.60cm3.cm-3. The resulting 36 soil classes assemble samples with similar AA curves. They are called soil structural families. A large international database with more than 3000 soil samples from Europe and Brazil was used to evaluate the proposed system. It is confirmed that the families grouped soils with similar AA curves and only three structural families were not represented in the database. The results also show that soils with different textures and pedogenesis can behave similarly in terms of pore-size distribution: a typical case was clayed tropical soils joining the sandy European soils in the macroporous orders A and D. More frequently, sandy soils were in the macroporous orders, silty soils in the mesoporous, and clayey soils in the microporous orders. The proposed system can contribute to the enhanced understanding and modeling of soil structural behavior, including a better formulation of pedotransfer functions.BSPMESTRUTURA DO SOLOCLASSIFICAÇÃO DO SOLOPORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONSOIL STRUCTURESOIL CLASSIFICATIONA Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Spaceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleCuritibainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessengreponame:Repositório Institucional de Geociências - RIGEOinstname:Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (CPRM)instacron:CPRMORIGINALstructural_classification_soil_pore_space.pdfstructural_classification_soil_pore_space.pdfResumoapplication/pdf189645http://rigeo.cprm.gov.br/jspui/bitstream/doc/22398/1/structural_classification_soil_pore_space.pdfac4e26c95756dc3b7420af957f2f88a5MD51LICENSElicense.txtlicense.txttext/plain; charset=utf-82313http://rigeo.cprm.gov.br/jspui/bitstream/doc/22398/2/license.txtb38980a30cc0f8be719fed9ad8f91c15MD52doc/223982023-01-19 15:20:49.12oai:rigeo.sgb.gov.br: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ório InstitucionalONGhttps://rigeo.sgb.gov.br/oai/request https://rigeo.cprm.gov.br/oai/requestrigeo@sgb.gov.bropendoar:2023-01-19T18:20:49Repositório Institucional de Geociências - RIGEO - Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (CPRM)false
dc.title.pt_BR.fl_str_mv A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space
title A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space
spellingShingle A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space
OTTONI FILHO, Teophilo Benedicto
ESTRUTURA DO SOLO
CLASSIFICAÇÃO DO SOLO
PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION
SOIL STRUCTURE
SOIL CLASSIFICATION
title_short A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space
title_full A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space
title_fullStr A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space
title_full_unstemmed A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space
title_sort A Structural Classification System of the Soil Pore Space
author OTTONI FILHO, Teophilo Benedicto
author_facet OTTONI FILHO, Teophilo Benedicto
OTTONI, Marta Vasconcelos
LIN, Henry
ROTUNNO FILHO, Otto Corrêa
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author2 OTTONI, Marta Vasconcelos
LIN, Henry
ROTUNNO FILHO, Otto Corrêa
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv OTTONI FILHO, Teophilo Benedicto
OTTONI, Marta Vasconcelos
LIN, Henry
ROTUNNO FILHO, Otto Corrêa
dc.subject.other.pt_BR.fl_str_mv ESTRUTURA DO SOLO
CLASSIFICAÇÃO DO SOLO
topic ESTRUTURA DO SOLO
CLASSIFICAÇÃO DO SOLO
PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION
SOIL STRUCTURE
SOIL CLASSIFICATION
dc.subject.en.pt_BR.fl_str_mv PORE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION
SOIL STRUCTURE
SOIL CLASSIFICATION
description The concept of soil structure does not yet have a consolidated means of quantification, but it plays an important role because of its significance in the understanding and representation of flow and transfer phenomena in soils. An useful way of quantifying soil structure is to consider pore-size distribution (PSD) equal to effective air saturation calculated as an increasing function of soil water suction. Based on similarities between the particle-size distribution and the PSD curves, a structural classification system of soil pore space is developed, which is comparable to the textural classification. Three pore-size fractions are arbitrarily defined in the effective porous space, as: effective macroporous space (0-60cm suction); effective mesoporous space (60-15,000cm suction); and effective microporous space (suctions larger than 15,000cm). For the sake of classification, the effective porous space is subdivided into three fractions: 0-1/3, 1/3-2/3, and 2/3-1. The three pore-size fractions sum up to 1, allowing a soil sample to be represented in an equilateral triangle, we called soil structural triangle. The resulting nine subareas in the triangle (three pore-size fractions x three porous space fractions) represent the nine orders (from A to I) of the classification system, namely: A - highly macroporous; C - highly mesoporous; I - highly microporous; D - macroporous; E - mesoporous; H - microporous; B - macro-mesoporous; G - meso-microporous; and F - macro-microporous. This system aims to group soils with similar air availability (AA) curves (air content vs. suction). So, the van-Genuchten model for water retention is assumed and effective porosity is determined in a standardized manner. Four suborders (from 1 to 4) are then further used to represent effective porosity ranges, respectively: 0-0.20; 0.20-0.40; 0.40-0.60; and >0.60cm3.cm-3. The resulting 36 soil classes assemble samples with similar AA curves. They are called soil structural families. A large international database with more than 3000 soil samples from Europe and Brazil was used to evaluate the proposed system. It is confirmed that the families grouped soils with similar AA curves and only three structural families were not represented in the database. The results also show that soils with different textures and pedogenesis can behave similarly in terms of pore-size distribution: a typical case was clayed tropical soils joining the sandy European soils in the macroporous orders A and D. More frequently, sandy soils were in the macroporous orders, silty soils in the mesoporous, and clayey soils in the microporous orders. The proposed system can contribute to the enhanced understanding and modeling of soil structural behavior, including a better formulation of pedotransfer functions.
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