Quantification of morphological characteristics of crust by thin section—image analyzing method (TS-IA Method)
Ueru Tanaka, Kazutake Kyuma · Soil Science & Plant Nutrition · 1992
Quantitative characterization of crusts is necessary to evaluate the crusting susceptibility of soils, to reveal the soil properties affecting soil crust development and, thus, to predict the occurrence of crusting. For the quantification of the morphological characteristics of soil surface crusts, the authors applied an image analyzing method to quantify the state of pores, in terms of apparent porosity, using vertical thin sections of the surface crust formed under simulated rainfall.