Moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat
This paper presents the preliminary result from a laboratory study to establish the moisture retention curve of undisturbed tropical peat samples classified as Sapric and Hemic. The results obtained were compared with those of the temperate peat. Under the same suction head, tropical peat seems to h...
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| description | This paper presents the preliminary result from a laboratory study to establish the moisture retention curve of undisturbed tropical peat samples classified as Sapric and Hemic. The results obtained were compared with those of the temperate peat. Under the same suction head, tropical peat seems to hold more water. The soil moisture at permanent wilting point (-15000 cm or -150 kPa) was still relatively high at 50-60 % volumetric indicating that the soil was still visually wet, but may not be available for plant use. The possible implication could be, water table in the field should be maintained optimally high to facilitate irrigation water supply from capillary rise. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-79792014-01-12T04:31:18Z http://eprints.utm.my/7979/ Moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat Katimon, Ayob Lulie, Melling TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) This paper presents the preliminary result from a laboratory study to establish the moisture retention curve of undisturbed tropical peat samples classified as Sapric and Hemic. The results obtained were compared with those of the temperate peat. Under the same suction head, tropical peat seems to hold more water. The soil moisture at permanent wilting point (-15000 cm or -150 kPa) was still relatively high at 50-60 % volumetric indicating that the soil was still visually wet, but may not be available for plant use. The possible implication could be, water table in the field should be maintained optimally high to facilitate irrigation water supply from capillary rise. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/7979/5/AyobKatimon2007_MoistureRetentionCurveofTropical.pdf text/html en http://eprints.utm.my/7979/3/index.html Katimon, Ayob and Lulie, Melling (2007) Moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat. Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, 19 (1). pp. 84-90. ISSN 1823-7843 |
| spellingShingle | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Katimon, Ayob Lulie, Melling Moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat |
| title | Moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat
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| title_full | Moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat
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| title_fullStr | Moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat
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| title_full_unstemmed | Moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat
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| title_short | Moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat
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| title_sort | moisture retension curve of tropical sapric and hemic peat |
| topic | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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