This chapter reviews proximal soil sensing (PSS). Our intent is for it to be a source of up-to-
date information on PSS, the technologies that are currently available and their use for …

The gamma ray attenuation method (GAM) has been used with success in soil science since
the fifties of the last century. Several soil properties can be measured directly or indirectly in …

Measurements of soil bulk density can aid our understanding of soil functions and the effects
of land use and climate change on soil organic carbon (C) stocks. Current methods for …

Wetting and drying (W–D) cycles can cause strong modifications of the structure of a soil,
especially in pore distribution, which reflects the temporal and spatial distribution of soil …

Assessing and control of soil aggregate size during tillage operations are important to
guarantee a proper seedbed preparation and in consequence a high crop yield, as well as …

The objective of the proposed work was to apply gamma-ray transmission method for
studying the properties of cultivated soil. In this study, mass attenuation coefficients, bulk …

In this work, the gamma mass attenuation coefficient is investigated experimentally and
theoretically for soil and oil-soil samples have been collected from different locations of …

The mass attenuation coefficients (μ s) for five different soil samples were measured at
661.6, 1173.2 and 1332.5 keV photon energies. The soil samples were separately irradiated …

The need for improvements in the water use efficiency by agricultural ecosystems requires a
holistic assessment of the hydraulic functioning of cropped soils, taking into consideration …

Soil compaction and soil bulk density are key soil properties affecting soil health and soil
ecosystem services like crop production, water retention and purification and carbon …