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Heat penetration and thermal lag in the submersed soil surrounding the roots of aquatic plants depends on two fundamental thermal properties of the substrate, volumetric heat capacity (CV) and thermal conductivity (k). The relationship of these parameters to the fractions of organic and mineral matter, gas and water in natural and simulated aquatic soils was investigated. The gas fraction was found to be insignificant and it was possible to make good estimates of CV and k from a knowledge of substrate water content alone.
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Gillespie, T., Dale, H.M. & Wordsworth, D. Estimating thermal properties of simulated aquatic soils from their composition. Hydrobiologia 80, 225–230 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00018361
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