This paper introduces the concept of using an existing low-volume road design method to lower granular layers within a mechanistic-empirical ensure adequate construction platform. The DCP-DN was chosen because it has advantages over other cover-based empirical methods in this context, including utilizing full-depth measurement and requiring balanced layer profile. To implement use field Dynamic...

soil quality is a necessary indicator of land management. different indices are applied to evaluate farming systems, soil types and land uses based on soil quality. the slope of retention curve at its inflection point has been defined as soil physical quality index (si) but the relationships between si and penetration resistance (pr), the least limiting water range (llwr), and available water c...

The probabilistic response of depth-integrated soil water to given climatic forcing can be described readily using an existing supply-demand-storage model. An apparently complex interaction of numerous soil, climate, and plant controls can be reduced to a relatively simple expression for the equilibrium probability density function of soil water as a function of only two dimensionless parameter...

objective: metal concentrations in 53 soil samples of shahr-e-babak were determined.  methods: assessment of enrichment factor and geo-accumulation index revealed higher degree of contamination of cd, pb, and cu in soil samples. moreover, results of metal fractionation study revealed high amount of cd and pb are associated in weakly bounds may lead to environmental risk of these metals.  result...

This study presents a robust evolutionary computational technique, called multi-expression programming (MEP), to derive a highly nonlinear model for the prediction of compression index of fine-grained soils. The proposed model relates the soil compression index to its liquid limit, plastic limit and void ratio. The experimental database used for developing the models was established upon 108 co...

The compression index and recompression index are one of the important compressibility parameters to determine the settlement calculation for fine-grained soil layers. These parameters can be determined by carrying out laboratory oedometer test on undisturbed samples; however, the test is quite time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, many empirical formulas based on regression analysis have be...

A method is proposed to transform the red and near infrared data into a soil index in order to map soil features. The index maximises soil variation and helps improve soil feature mapping while it suppresses spectral response from vegetation cover. Geo-statistical analysis of fi eld data, on the other hand, helps understand spatial dependency pattern and map it, which may not be directly visibl...

maintaining soil productivity is one of the key factors in sustainable agriculture. soil erosion reduces soil productivity over a long-term period of time. therefore, determining soil erosion tolerance is necessary for sustainable agriculture production. in this study, the long-term effects of erosion on soil productivity in the typical kohin watershed were evaluated. the soil productivity inde...