Soil structure as an indicator of soil functions: A review

E Rabot, M Wiesmeier, S Schlüter, HJ Vogel - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
Since many processes in soil are highly sensitive to soil structure, this review intends to
evaluate the potential of observable soil structural attributes to be used in the assessment of …

Tortuosity of porous media: Image analysis and physical simulation

J Fu, HR Thomas, C Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Tortuosity is widely used as a critical parameter to predict transport properties of porous
media, such as rocks and soils. But unlike other standard microstructural properties, the …

[BOOK][B] Multiphase flow in permeable media: A pore-scale perspective

MJ Blunt - 2017 - books.google.com
Hydrocarbon production, gas recovery from shale, CO2 storage and water management
have a common scientific underpinning: multiphase flow in porous media. This book …

X-ray imaging and analysis techniques for quantifying pore-scale structure and processes in subsurface porous medium systems

D Wildenschild, AP Sheppard - Advances in Water resources, 2013 - Elsevier
We report here on recent developments and advances in pore-scale X-ray tomographic
imaging of subsurface porous media. Our particular focus is on immiscible multi-phase fluid …

Image processing of multiphase images obtained via X‐ray microtomography: A review

S Schlüter, A Sheppard, K Brown… - Water Resources …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Easier access to X‐ray microtomography (μCT) facilities has provided much new insight
from high‐resolution imaging for various problems in porous media research. Pore space …

A holistic perspective on soil architecture is needed as a key to soil functions

HJ Vogel, M Balseiro‐Romero… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil functions, including climate regulation and the cycling of water and nutrients, are of
central importance for a number of environmental issues of great societal concern. To …

Emergent properties of microbial activity in heterogeneous soil microenvironments: different research approaches are slowly converging, yet major challenges remain

PC Baveye, W Otten, A Kravchenko… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the last 60 years, soil microbiologists have accumulated a wealth of experimental data
showing that the bulk, macroscopic parameters (eg, granulometry, pH, soil organic matter …

An improved 3D microstructure reconstruction approach for porous media

KQ Li, Y Liu, ZY Yin - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Microstructure reconstruction of porous media is vital for the evaluation of material
properties, which has been applied in many fields. Various approaches have been …

Porous media characterization using Minkowski functionals: Theories, applications and future directions

RT Armstrong, JE McClure, V Robins, Z Liu… - Transport in Porous …, 2019 - Springer
An elementary question in porous media research is in regard to the relationship between
structure and function. In most fields, the porosity and permeability of porous media are …

Driving digital rock towards machine learning: Predicting permeability with gradient boosting and deep neural networks

O Sudakov, E Burnaev, D Koroteev - Computers & geosciences, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a research study aimed at testing of applicability of machine learn-ing
techniques for permeability prediction. We prepare a training set containing. 3D scans of …