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A Core Sampler for Puddled Soils
Author(s) -
Sharma P. K.,
De Datta S. K.
Publication year - 1985
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/sssaj1985.03615995004900040056x
Subject(s) - soil water , core (optical fiber) , environmental science , soil science , computer science , telecommunications
A core sampler was designed to collect undisturbed samples of known volume from the 0‐ to 10‐cm depth in soft‐puddled soils. The instrument is simple, inexpensive to construct, and easy to operate. With practice, the operator can routinely collect a sample from flooded, puddled soils in < 2 min.