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The effect of density of monofraction samples from the plow horizon of leached chernozem on the rupture rate of interaggregate bonds in water has been studied. The rupture rate of bonds has been determined in a hydraulic flume by alternating passive phases of 1–5 min in duration, during which the sample occurs under a nonmoving water layer, with short (15-s long) active phases with a water flow in the flume. Samples have also been tested for tensile strength and water infiltration rate. It has been shown that the rupture rate of interaggregate bonds is related by a hyperbolic law to the soil density and by an exponential law to the rate of water infiltration to the soil. The latter relationship varies within a year and, hence, can be used as reliable parameter for predicting the seasonal dynamics of soil erodibility.
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Original Russian Text © G.A. Larionov, N.G. Dobrovol’skaya, Z.P. Kiryukhina, S.F. Krasnov, L.F. Litvin, A.V. Gorobets, I.I. Sudnitsyn, 2017, published in Pochvovedenie, 2017, No. 3, pp. 354–359.
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Larionov, G.A., Dobrovol’skaya, N.G., Kiryukhina, Z.P. et al. Effect of soil density, tensile strength, and water infiltration on the rupture rate of interaggregate bonds. Eurasian Soil Sc. 50, 335–340 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229317010094
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