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<journal-id>0871-018X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciências Agrárias]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. de Ciências Agrárias]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0871-018X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade de Ciências Agrárias de Portugal]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0871-018X2007000200001</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Sistema de porosidade do solo numa topossequência Luvissolo-Solonetz no Sul de Portugal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Pore space characteristics in a Luvisol-Solonetz toposequence in Southern Portugal]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Monteiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Madeira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marcelino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[V.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sousa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="A01">
<institution><![CDATA[,UTL - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa ISA - Instituto Superior de Agronomia Departamento de Ciências do Ambiente]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Gent Laboratório de Mineralogia, Petrologia e Micropedologia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Gent ]]></addr-line>
<country>Bélgica</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>15</fpage>
<lpage>26</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0871-018X2007000200001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0871-018X2007000200001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0871-018X2007000200001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Os solos com propriedades estágnicas que ocorrem no Alentejo caracterizam-se por apresentar baixa porosidade. O estudo duma toposequência típica revelou, para além disso, que o sistema poral diferia significativamente com a posição dos pédones na encosta. No pédone de topo, o horizonte Ap1 mostrou-se mais poroso do que o Ap2, mas com uma distribuição semelhante dos vazios 30<Ø<500 ?m e de Ø>500 µm. Inversamente, no pédone de sopé, o volume poral dos horizontes Ap1 e Ap2 equivalia-se mas, neste último, tal como nos Bt, os poros >500µm eram escassos. Os horizontes Bt, muito fechados e com um volume poral total idêntico ao longo da encosta, diferiam entre si no tipo e padrão de orientação dos respectivos vazios, sendo os poros aplanados mais frequentes e maiores no pédone de topo. Não foram encontrados padrões consistentes de orientação preferencial dos poros que sugiram compactação do solo e justifiquem a diminuta porosidade dos pédones estudados e a sua muito reduzida “porosidade de condução”, as quais se podem explicar pela sodicidade e baixo teor de C orgânico dos mesmos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Soils with stagnic properties occurring in Alentejo commonly have low porosity. The study of a typical soil toposequence, showed that soil pore features were significantly different amongst summit and foot/toe slope pedons. In the summit pedon the Ap1 horizon was more porous than the Ap2, both exhibiting similar void distribution patterns. Conversely, the Ap1 and Ap2 horizons of the footslope pedon had a similar pore space volume, but pores with diameter larger than 500 µm were less important in the later. Pore space volume of Bt horizons was low whatever the slope position of pedons. However, they differ significantly in terms of void type and orientation patterns. No preferred orientation patterns were found in soil voids that could be related with soil compaction, being their low porosity, namely their low “conductive” porosity, not attributable to soil compaction. Those features can instead be due to the sodicity and/or the low organic C of these soils.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="center"><b>Sistema de porosidade do solo numa topossequência Luvissolo-Solonetz    no Sul de Portugal </b></p>     <p align="center"><b> Pore space characteristics in a Luvisol-Solonetz toposequence    in Southern Portugal </b></p>     <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>     <p align="center">F. Monteiro<Sup><a href="#1">1</a></Sup>, M. Madeira<Sup><a href="#1">1</a></Sup>,    V. Marcelino<Sup><a href="#2">2</a><a name="top2"></a></Sup> &amp; E. Sousa<Sup><a href="#1">1</a>    <a name="top1"></a> </Sup></p>     <P>&nbsp;</P>     <p align="center"><b> RESUMO</b> </p>     <p> Os solos com propriedades estágnicas que ocorrem no Alentejo caracterizam-se    por apresentar baixa porosidade. O estudo duma toposequência típica revelou,    para além disso, que o sistema poral diferia significativamente com a posição    dos pédones na encosta. No pédone de topo, o horizonte Ap1 mostrou-se mais poroso    do que o Ap2, mas com uma distribuição semelhante dos vazios 30&lt;Ø&lt;500    ?m e de Ø&gt;500 µm. Inversamente, no pédone de sopé, o volume poral dos horizontes    Ap1 e Ap2 equivalia-se mas, neste último, tal como nos Bt, os poros &gt;500µm    eram escassos. Os horizontes Bt, muito fechados e com um volume poral total    idêntico ao longo da encosta, diferiam entre si no tipo e padrão de orientação    dos respectivos vazios, sendo os poros aplanados mais frequentes e maiores no    pédone de topo. </P>     <p> Não foram encontrados padrões consistentes de orientação preferencial dos    poros que sugiram compactação do solo e justifiquem a diminuta porosidade dos    pédones estudados e a sua muito reduzida “porosidade de condução”, as quais    se podem explicar pela sodicidade e baixo teor de C orgânico dos mesmos. </P>     <p>&nbsp; </P>     <p align="center"><b> ABSTRACT</b> </p>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P> Soils with stagnic properties occurring in Alentejo commonly have low porosity.    The study of a typical soil toposequence, showed that soil pore features were    significantly different amongst summit and foot/toe slope pedons. In the summit    pedon the Ap1 horizon was more porous than the Ap2, both exhibiting similar    void distribution patterns. Conversely, the Ap1 and Ap2 horizons of the footslope    pedon had a similar pore space volume, but pores with diameter larger than 500    µm were less important in the later. Pore space volume of Bt horizons was low    whatever the slope position of pedons. However, they differ significantly in    terms of void type and orientation patterns. No preferred orientation patterns    were found in soil voids that could be related with soil compaction, being their    low porosity, namely their low “conductive” porosity, not attributable to soil    compaction. Those features can instead be due to the sodicity and/or the low    organic C of these soils. </P>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p>Texto completo disponível apenas em PDF.</p>     <p>Full text only available in PDF format.</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p>&nbsp; </p>     <p align="center"><b> REFERÊNCIAS BIBLIOGRÁFICAS</b> </p>     <!-- ref --><p> Bullock, P., Fedoroff, N., Jongerius, A., Stoops, G. &amp; Tursina, T. 1985.    <i>Handbook for Soil Thin Section Description</i>. Waine Research Publications.    Wolverhampton. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=000021&pid=S0871-018X200700020000100001&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><p> Dillon, C.G. &amp; Philip, L.K. 2004. Determining the petrographic fabric    of a compacted soil using semivariance analysis: sample preparation and digital    petrographic image analysis. <i>Geoderma</i>, <b>120</b>: 47-61. </P>     ]]></body>
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<body><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</P>     <p> <Sup><a href="#top1">1</a></Sup><a name="1"></a> Instituto Superior de Agronomia,    Depto de Ciências do Ambiente, Tp. da Ajuda – 1349-017 Lisboa, e-mail: <a href="mailto:fgmonteiro@isa.utl.pt">fgmonteiro@isa.utl.pt</a></P>     <p><Sup><a href="#top2">2</a></Sup><a name="2"></a>Laboratório de Mineralogia,    Petrologia e Micropedologia, Universidade de Gent, Krijgslaan 281/S8, Gent,    Bélgica. </P>      ]]></body><back>
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