Tortuosity is widely used as a critical parameter to predict transport properties of porous
media, such as rocks and soils. But unlike other standard microstructural properties, the …

Upon entering the soil environment, extracellular DNA is subjected to dynamic biological,
physical, and chemical factors that determine its fate. This review concerns the fate of both …

The Dexter “S-value”(Sgi) is a promising new indicator of soil physical quality (SPQ), but it is
not well tested against established indicators, such as relative field capacity (RFC), plant …

Quantitative assessment of soil functions requires the characterization of soil capability and
condition. Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy has been suggested as a viable alternative to the …

Effective quantitative land surface analyses in soil science need scale-free land surface
attributes (morphometric variables, MVs) to be introduced for making comparable results …

Tortuosity phenomena of pore space influence the transport of water, solutes, and gases in
soil. This study presents three analyses linking tortuosity and transport in unsaturated soil …

Plastic input to the terrestrial environment is of global concern and the still increasing
production and release worldwide reinforces this problem. It has been shown that …

Soil organic matter (SOM) is important for maintaining soil structural stability (SSS). This
study quantified the influence of soil organic carbon (SOC) and different organic matter …

Aggregation assembles different size mixtures of soil particles into a larger architecture.
Such mixtures impede resolving which particles build aggregates and how these control the …

This paper introduces a new soil dielectric model in the microwave band offering variation
over a wide range of soil moisture, texture, mineral content, and wave frequency. The soil …