Soil matrix

The soil matrix is the solid phase of soils, and comprise the solid particles that make up soils. Soil particles can be classified by their chemical composition (mineralogy) as well as their size. The particle size distribution of a soil, its texture, determines many of the properties of that soil, in particular hydraulic conductivity and water potential,[1] but the mineralogy of those particles can strongly modify those properties. The mineralogy of the finest soil particles, clay, is especially important.[2]

  1. ^ Saxton, Keith E.; Rawls, Walter J. (2006). "Soil water characteristic estimates by texture and organic matter for hydrologic solutions" (PDF). Soil Science Society of America Journal. 70 (5): 1569–78. Bibcode:2006SSASJ..70.1569S. doi:10.2136/sssaj2005.0117. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. "Soil Mineralogy". University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 27 November 2022.