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Soil physics

Soil physics

The study of soil's physical properties and processes

This article is about the academic discipline. It is not to be confused with the physical properties of soils.
For broader coverage of this topic, see Soil science.

Soil physics is the study of soil's physical properties and processes. It is applied to management and prediction under natural and managed ecosystems. Soil physics deals with the dynamics of physical soil components and their phases as solids, liquids, and gases. It draws on the principles of physics, physical chemistry, engineering, and meteorology. Soil physics applies these principles to address practical problems of agriculture, ecology, and engineering.[1]

Prominent soil physicists

The theory of gas diffusion in soil and vadose zone water flow in soil.
  • Willard Gardner (1883–1964)
First to use porous cups and manometers for capillary potential measurements and accurately predicted the moisture distribution above a water table.[2]
General transport of water in unsaturated soil, measurement of soil water potential using tensiometer.
Analytical solution to general soil water transport, Environmental Mechanics.

See also

Notes

  1. [1]
    Lal, Rattan; Manoj Shukla (2004). Principles of Soil Physics. CRC Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-8247-5324-0.
  2. [2]
    Sterling A. Taylor: Willard Gardner, 1883-1964. Soil Science 100(2), 1965.
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