cation exchange capacity and specific surface area are among some of the important soil characteristics the direct measurement of which is laborious, costly and time consuming. therefore, fractal dimension of particle size distribution has been widely studied in relation with many such dynamic and static processes as transmission of water and solutes, water holding capacity, heat storage and co...

Cation exchange capacity (CEC) is one of the most important soil attributes which control some basic properties of soil such as acidity, water and nutrient retaining capacity. However, the measurement of cation exchange capacity in large areas is time consuming and requires high expenses. One way to save time and expenses is to use simple soil covariates and geostatistical methods in mapping CE...

investigation of soil properties like cation exchange capacity (cec) plays important roles in study of environmental reaserches as the spatial and temporal variability of this property have been led to development of indirect methods in estimation of this soil characteristic. pedotransfer functions (ptfs) provide an alternative by estimating soil parameters from more readily available soil data...

What are Cation Exchange and Cation Exchange Capacity? Soil clay minerals and organic matter tend to be negatively charged, thus attracting positively charged ions (cations) on their surfaces by electrostatic forces. As a result, the cations remain within the soil root zone and are not easily lost through leaching. The adsorbed cations may easily exchange with other cations in the soil solution...

the functions employed in an estimation of costly measured soil properties from either widely available or more easily obtained basic soil properties are referred to as pedotransfer functions. to develop pedotransfer functions, one can use multivariate regression, neural networks and neuro-fuzzy models. to make a comparison among the mentioned models, 153 soil samples were collected from soils ...

introduction: estimation of cation exchange capacity (cec) with reliable soil properties can save time and cost. pedotransfer function (ptf) is a common method in estimating certain soil properties (e.g. cec) that has been wieldy used for many years. one of the common techniques that have been used to develop ptfs is multiple linear regressions. in this method, all easily obtained soil properti...