Research Article

Effect of Management Practices on Soil Microstructure and Surface Microrelief

Table 2

Soil surface roughness (SSR) and porosity at the soil surface, expressed in percentages. The values in parentheses are the standard deviations.

LocationSample IDPorosity (%)SSR (%)

PBI1N14.6 (2.36)
1W14.08 (1.41)
1S15.50 (0.01)
total 138.0714.25 (1.41)
2N22.22 (0.16)
2W21.78 (0.84)
2S25.58 (1.06)
total 242.9223.19 (1.96)
3N21.32 (0.36)
3W25.46 (0.63)
3S22.10 (0.15)
total 345.0122.96 (1.82)
Total42.00 (3.56)20.13 (5.10)

JBP1N44.60 (1.13)
1W43.50 (1.12)
1S42.68 (0.00)
total 117.5543.60 (1.02)
2N39.20 (2.38)
2W42.27 (0.52)
2S39.68 (0.31)
total 218.2340.39 (1.84)
3N40.83 (2.35)
3W41.58 (3.51)
3S38.08 (0.48)
Total 319.2840.16 (2.15)
Total18.35 (0.87)41.38 (1.92)