Sentence examples for compaction of surface from inspiring English sources

For certain post-mining land uses such as airports, shopping centers, and industrial parks, compaction of surface materials is necessary.

This information is used in combination with the iso-depth and iso-period maps stipulated by the building code to estimate the compaction of surface sediments and the shortening of soil periods.

Results from interview with researchers from the park, on the land use history of the area reveals that after several years of intensive exploitation, prior to the establishment of the Park, mining of the soil organic carbon and nutrient stocks was an issue, which led to a decline in fertility, compaction of surface soils and slow and poor regeneration of vegetation on land left for fallow.

Corers were inserted into the soil by hand and each soil core was extruded out of the top of the corer, pushing from the base to minimize compaction of surface soil, into a 25-cm-long section of a 10.1-cm-diameter PVC pipe.

The compaction of road surfaces was measured by CTI penetrometer throughout the test [3].

Geometric mean for turbidity was highest at site 2, possibly due to erosion and compaction of the soil surface by cattle (Table  2), and lowest geometric mean canopy cover % directly above site 2 (Table  4).

Treatments consisted of two levels of surface compaction (0 and 2 passes with a filled water wagon) and four rates (0, 4.8, 9.6 and 16 Mg ha−1) of turkey litter in a split block design with four replications.

The objectives of this study were to determine the first year and residual effects of surface compaction on soil physical properties, crop yield, and N availability in a claypan soil; and to evaluate the use of poultry litter to manage surface compaction.

The objectives of this study were (i) to determine the effects of surface compaction and poultry litter on soil bulk density, penetrometer resistance and soil water content in a claypan soil and (ii) to compare the use of several types of currently available soil cone penetrometers to detect and manage compaction.

Treatments consisted of two levels of surface compaction (0 and 2 passes of a filled water wagon with an axle load of 2.9 Mg) and two rates (0 and 15.4 Mg ha−1 per year) of incorporated turkey litter in a split block design with four replications.

Since the test specimens were cast with minimum compaction, the surface of the specimens was honeycombed and need to be capped before the testing was carried out.