Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-33-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-33-2021
Original research article
 | 
22 Jan 2021
Original research article |  | 22 Jan 2021

Mapping soil slaking index and assessing the impact of management in a mixed agricultural landscape

Edward J. Jones, Patrick Filippi, Rémi Wittig, Mario Fajardo, Vanessa Pino, and Alex B. McBratney

Related authors

Using Monte Carlo conformal prediction to evaluate the uncertainty of deep-learning soil spectral models
Yin-Chung Huang, José Padarian, Budiman Minasny, and Alex B. McBratney
SOIL, 11, 553–563, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-553-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-11-553-2025, 2025
Short summary
Digital soil mapping of lithium in Australia
Wartini Ng, Budiman Minasny, Alex McBratney, Patrice de Caritat, and John Wilford
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 2465–2482, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2465-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2465-2023, 2023
Short summary
Mapping soil organic carbon fractions for Australia, their stocks, and uncertainty
Mercedes Román Dobarco, Alexandre M. J-C. Wadoux, Brendan Malone, Budiman Minasny, Alex B. McBratney, and Ross Searle
Biogeosciences, 20, 1559–1586, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1559-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1559-2023, 2023
Short summary
Additional soil organic carbon storage potential in global croplands
José Padarian, Budiman Minasny, Alex B. McBratney, and Pete Smith
SOIL Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2021-73,https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2021-73, 2021
Manuscript not accepted for further review
Short summary

Cited articles

ABARES: The Australian land use and management classification version 8, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, CC BY 3.0, Canberra, available at: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/land-use/catchment-scale-land-use-of-australia-update-december-2018 (last access: 11 November 2020), 2018. a
Annabi, M., Raclot, D., Bahri, H., Bailly, J. S., Gomez, C., and Le Bissonnais, Y.: Spatial variability of soil aggregate stability at the scale of an agricultural region in Tunisia, Catena, 153, 157–167, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2017.02.010, 2017. a, b
ANZLIC: ELVIS – Elevation and Depth – Foundation Spatial Data, available at: https://elevation.fsdf.org.au/, last access: 20 September 2019. a
Aune, J. and Lal, R.: Agricultural productivity in the tropics and critical limits of properties of Oxisols, Ultisols, and Alfisols, Trop. Agr., 74, 96–103, 1997. a
Barzegar, A. R., Oades, J. M., and Rengasamy, P.: Soil structure degradation and mellowing of compacted soils by saline–sodic solutions, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 60, 583–588, 1996. a
Download
Short summary
Soil physical health is integral to maintaining functional agro-ecosystems. A novel method of assessing soil physical condition using a smartphone app has been developed – SLAKES. In this study the SLAKES app was used to investigate aggregate stability in a mixed agricultural landscape. Cropping areas were found to have significantly poorer physical health than similar soils under pasture. Results were mapped across the landscape to identify problem areas and pinpoint remediation efforts.
Share