Articles | Volume 3, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-177-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-177-2017
Original research article
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23 Oct 2017
Original research article |  | 23 Oct 2017

Quantitative imaging of the 3-D distribution of cation adsorption sites in undisturbed soil

Hannes Keck, Bjarne W. Strobel, Jon Petter Gustafsson, and John Koestel

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Several studies have shown that the cation adsorption sites in soils are heterogeneously distributed in space. In many soil system models this knowledge is not included yet. In our study we proposed a new method to map the 3-D distribution of cation adsorption sites in undisturbed soils. The method is based on three-dimensional X-ray scanning with a contrast agent and image analysis. We are convinced that this approach will strongly aid the development of more realistic soil system models.