Ecosystem engineers in a self-organized soil: a review of concepts and future research questions

P Lavelle, A Spain, M Blouin, G Brown, T Decaëns… - Soil …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Soils are self-organized ecological systems within which organisms interact within a nested
suite of discrete scales. Microorganisms form communities and physical structures at the …

Pore morphology and distribution in the Shaly facies of Opalinus Clay (Mont Terri, Switzerland): Insights from representative 2D BIB–SEM investigations on mm to nm …

ME Houben, G Desbois, JL Urai - Applied clay science, 2013 - Elsevier
We used Broad-Ion-Beam polishing in combination with Scanning Electron Microscopy to
study the microstructure and porosity in the Shaly facies of Opalinus Clay (northern …

A comparative study of representative 2D microstructures in Shaly and Sandy facies of Opalinus Clay (Mont Terri, Switzerland) inferred form BIB-SEM and MIP …

ME Houben, G Desbois, JL Urai - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
A combination of Broad-Ion-Beam (BIB) polishing and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
has been used to study qualitatively and quantitatively the microstructure of Opalinus Clay in …

Generation mechanism and influencing factors of fracture networks during alternate fracturing in horizontal wells

W Wang, G Zhang, H Cao, L Chen, C Zhao - Theoretical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing is an effective means to increase natural gas production, and alternating
fracturing is a special fracturing method. Compared with sequential fracturing, alternating …

Multifractal analysis of pore size distributions as affected by simulated rainfall

EV Vázquez, JP Ferreiro, JGV Miranda… - Vadose Zone …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Rainfall changes the physical state, pore system geometry, and structure of soils.
Characterization of the soil pore system provides a realistic base to understand the retention …

Multifractal description of nitrogen adsorption isotherms

JP Ferreiro, M Wilson, EV Vázquez - Vadose Zone Journal, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The specific surface area (SSA) of a soil is commonly estimated by the Brunauer–Emmett–
Teller (BET) equation, which implies linearity between applied pressure and volume of …

Quantifying porosity changes in solid biomass waste using a disruptive approach of water retention curves (WRC) for dry anaerobic digestion

MA Hernández-Shek, M Mathieux, L André… - Bioresource Technology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the porosity distribution of biomass is crucial to understand the liquid
flow through porous solid biomass treated in dry anaerobic digestion (D-AD). In this study, a …

Representative elementary area for multifractal analysis of soil porosity using entropy dimension

F San José Martínez, FJ Caniego… - Nonlinear Processes …, 2007 - npg.copernicus.org
The notion of representative elementary area (REA) developed to address heterogeneity
and scale problems in quantitative soil pedology comes from the notion of representative …

Fractal analysis in the description of soil particle-size distribution under different land-use patterns in Southern Amazonas State, Brazil

MCC Campos, DC Gaio, MDR Soares… - African Journal of …, 2016 - academicjournals.org
Understanding the variability of soil properties is crucial to identify areas susceptible to
physical degradation. The soil degradation is often determined by the current state of the soil …

Abrupt fragmentation thresholds of eight zonal forest types in mainland Spain

G del Barrio, H Sainz, ME Sanjuán, RS de Dios… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study quantifies patchiness of eight types of zonal forests in three biogeographic
regions of mainland Spain (Atlantic, Alpine and Mediterranean) which together occupy …