1 / 9

Beneath the surface: cracks in the black cotton soil

Beneath the surface: cracks in the black cotton soil. Keita DeCarlo July 19 th , 2014. How do cracks form?. Breaking of material when stressed Stresses include water loss and animal stepping Soil compaction can change crack shape and depth. Why should we care about crack shapes?.

major
Télécharger la présentation

Beneath the surface: cracks in the black cotton soil

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Beneath the surface: cracks in the black cotton soil Keita DeCarlo July 19th, 2014

  2. How do cracks form? • Breaking of material when stressed • Stresses include water loss and animal stepping • Soil compaction can change crack shape and depth

  3. Why should we care about crack shapes? • Cracks are holes, but many different types of holes • Water loss and drying can be greater or lesser depending on hole type

  4. How do we measure cracks? • Solid casts made from pouring resin into cracks

  5. What do cracks look like?

  6. What do cracks look like?

  7. What do cracks look like?

  8. What do cracks look like?

  9. Thank you for listening!

More Related