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The process of compressing soil used to fill the low areas in a parcel of land. Developers typically obtain soil compaction reports before beginning development,but care must be taken to test more than the typical 6-foot depth.It is a common practice for excavating companies and unscrupulous landowners to use substandard fill material, such as tree trunks and other vegetation that will eventually decompose and reduce volume,and then properly compact only the top 6 feet of fill.Over time,the property will settle,possibly resulting in severe structural problems.

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SoilFlex-LLWR: Linking a soil compaction model with the least limiting water range concept.

Estimation of precompression stress in an Ultisol cultivated with sugarcane/ Estimativa da tensao de preconsolidacao em Argissolo cultivado com cana-de-acucar

Batey T (2009) Soil compaction and soil management-a review.

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Assessment of Real-Time Compaction Quality Test Indexes for Rockfill Material Based on Roller Vibratory Acceleration Analysis

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Soil compaction level, excluding the characteristics of soil texture and degree of soil moisture, was identified by soil relative density (DR) (BEUTLER et al., 2005), which is the quotient of DS with its Dsmax, drawn from Proctor's essay.

Maximum soil density of Entisols as a function of silt content/Densidade maxima de Neossolos em funcao do teor de silte

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ZT induces more soil compaction in the upper layer than CT (Braim et al., 1992; Thomas et al., 2007).

Influence of Various Tillage Practices on Soil Physical Properties and Wheat Performance in Different Wheat-based Cropping Systems

1: The study evaluated the soil compaction effects of commercial thinning (top) and mastication (bottom).

Thinning treatments had minimal effect on soil compaction in mixed-conifer plantations

Chamberland said soil compaction, where the roots cannot absorb the water and nutrients they need, is what's damaging the trees and the town is causing the soil compaction by allowing and increasing the number of events taking place on the Common.

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Soil compaction by definition quantifies soil behavior under stress and pressures usually, this behavior by changing the bulk density (BD), total porosity, porosity ventilation, the water permeability of the soil and soil mechanical resistance occurs [2].

Study the effects of soil compaction on growth characteristics of Alnus glutinosa

The system is designed to deliver uniform soil compaction, and to cut the number of necessary passes by up to 25%.