<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The idea of the present study is to describe the spatially varying particle size distribution (PSD) along intact aggregate surfaces with the laser diffraction method (LDM) of four silty-loamy and OC enriched horizons of a Dystric Cambisol from the Uhlířská catchment (Czech Republic) with the laser diffraction method (LDM). Besides, the comparability of the LDM with the sieve and pipette method (SPM), the reproducibility, and the effect of pretreatment on the particle size distribution derived by LDM were analysed.The laser diffraction method enables rapid and continuous particle size distribution measurements with required sample amounts of 0.1–0.2 g for each measurement compared to 5–20 g for SPM. The LDM-derived PSD’s can be directly compared with the standardised SPM-derived PSD’s by using regression analysis with coefficients of determination (r2) between 0.83 and 0.93. Sample pretreatment following standardised proceedings indicates a better comparability between the particle size distributions of both methods. Besides, the highest coefficients of variation of up to 78.6 and therefore the lowest reproducibility were found for the unpretreated PSD of the AE and Bs horizon. Thus, limited evaluability and reproducibility of soil material enriched in organic carbon (OC), used in the current study, needs further analysis.For spatial analysis of PSD’s along intact surfaces of soil aggregates and profiles, spatial data interpolation by inverse distance weighting (IDW), kriging, and triangulated irregular networks (TIN) can be used for detailed measuring, mapping, and spatial extension of the sand, silt, and clay fractions at unsampled locations using a set of samples of known locations. The information offers the possibility of comparing and verifying data obtained by non-invasive mid-infrared spectroscopy and Vis–NIR spectroscopy by spatial extension for given soil aggregates and profiles.</abstract>

The idea of the present study is to describe the spatially varying particle size distribution (PSD) along intact aggregate surfaces with the laser diffraction method (LDM) of four silty-loamy and OC enriched horizons of a Dystric Cambisol from the Uhlířská catchment (Czech Republic) with the laser diffraction method (LDM). Besides, the comparability of the LDM with the sieve and pipette method (SPM), the reproducibility, and the effect of pretreatment on the particle size distribution derived by LDM were analysed.The laser diffraction method enables rapid and continuous particle size distribution measurements with required sample amounts of 0.1–0.2 g for each measurement compared to 5–20 g for SPM. The LDM-derived PSD’s can be directly compared with the standardised SPM-derived PSD’s by using regression analysis with coefficients of determination (r2) between 0.83 and 0.93. Sample pretreatment following standardised proceedings indicates a better comparability between the particle size distributions of both methods. Besides, the highest coefficients of variation of up to 78.6 and therefore the lowest reproducibility were found for the unpretreated PSD of the AE and Bs horizon. Thus, limited evaluability and reproducibility of soil material enriched in organic carbon (OC), used in the current study, needs further analysis.For spatial analysis of PSD’s along intact surfaces of soil aggregates and profiles, spatial data interpolation by inverse distance weighting (IDW), kriging, and triangulated irregular networks (TIN) can be used for detailed measuring, mapping, and spatial extension of the sand, silt, and clay fractions at unsampled locations using a set of samples of known locations. The information offers the possibility of comparing and verifying data obtained by non-invasive mid-infrared spectroscopy and Vis–NIR spectroscopy by spatial extension for given soil aggregates and profiles.

Spatial particle size distribution at intact sample surfaces of a Dystric Cambisol under forest use

Department of Hydraulics and Hydrology, Faculty of Civil Engineering

Department of Landscape Water Conservation, Faculty of Civil Engineering

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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The idea of the present study is to describe the spatially varying particle size distribution (PSD) along intact aggregate surfaces with the laser diffraction...

Spatial particle size distribution at intact sample surfaces of a Dystric Cambisol under forest use

Published Online: Feb 12, 2022

Page range: 30 - 41

Received: Jun 29, 2021

Accepted: Dec 13, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2022-0003

Keywords
Laser diffraction method, Sieve and pipette method, Geoprocessing

© 2022 Steffen Beck-Broichsitter et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Spatial particle size distribution at intact sample surfaces of a Dystric Cambisol under forest use

Published Online: Feb 12, 2022

Page range: 30 - 41

Received: Jun 29, 2021

Accepted: Dec 13, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2022-0003

KeywordsLaser diffraction method, Sieve and pipette method, Geoprocessing

© 2022 Steffen Beck-Broichsitter et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Laser diffraction method, Sieve and pipette method, Geoprocessing