Study of a vertisol deformation by simultaneous double energy computerized tomography
01/Mar/1999
The variation of bulk density in a vertisol was studied by gamma-ray double bean tomography. Tomographic images of samples deriving from 137Cs and 241Am gamma-radiation were used, providing two attenuation equations which allowed the determination of two variables: bulk density and moisture. The samples, initially with the same bulk density, were submitted to different moistening degrees. The results showed that: (1) the system allowed a satisfactory moisture and bulk density determination; (2) volume of destructured samples varied around 23% from dry to […]