The geometrical description of linear and simple planar features in soils

Abstract

A quantitative graphical method of describing the spatial orientation of all linear and planar features in soils is presented. The method is then applied, on two black earth samples, to obtain solutions for planar particles and planar pores in one soil, and the plant root system and planar pores in the other. The solutions from each of these components are not only suitable for comparison with each other but, more importantly, are an expression of certain aspects of soil mechanical behaviour.