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Soil Compaction After Tree‐Length Skidding in Northern Mississippi
Author(s) -
Dickerson B. P.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1976.03615995004000060043x
Subject(s) - soil water , macropore , characterisation of pore space in soil , environmental science , compaction , soil science , percolation (cognitive psychology) , soil compaction , porosity , geology , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , chemistry , biology , mesoporous material , biochemistry , neuroscience , catalysis
After skidding with a rubber‐tired skidder, bulk densities of wheel‐rutted soils increased an average of 20% to 1.55 g/cm 3 ; the increase was 10% for the soils between the ruts which were compacted by the movement of logs. Macropores were reduced 68% for wheel‐rutted soils and 38% for log‐disturbed soils; micropore space of both increased about 7%. Percolation rates decreased initially but recovered gradually. Wheel‐rutted soils require about 12 years to recover and log‐disturbed soils about 8 years.