Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, no. 1: 30 – 42
Short communication
SOIL COMPACTION AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO COMPACTION IN THE AGRICULTURALLY USED SOILS
Beata Houšková
National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Corresponding author: RNDr. Beata Houšková, CSc., National Agricultural and Food Centre – Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Trenčianska 55, 821 09 Bratislava, Slovakia,
e-mail: beata.houskova@nppc.sk, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0125-7583
Citation: Houšková, B. (2023). Soil compaction and susceptibility in the agriculturally used soil. Pedosphere Research, vol. 3, 2023, pp. 30–42. NPPC – VÚPOP, ISSN 2729-8728.
https://doi.org/10.64122/j.pedosres.2023.03.03
Abstract
Soil compaction belongs to the main threats to soils decreasing their fertility and destabilizing soil functions and relationships with the other components of environment. Soil compaction can be divided into three main categories: primary or natural coming out from soil properties, secondary or induced by man due to improper soil use and combined based on the first two categories. Soil susceptibility to compaction is not uniform and depends on soil properties from which the main are soil texture and soil type which determines the arrangement and kind of horizons in soil profile. Map showing soil susceptibility to compaction was created on country and European levels. Such maps can help users to determine the type of soil use to prevent soil degradation, to prevent soil compaction.
Keywords: soil compaction, soil susceptibility to compaction, soil maps, soil properties, soil typological units and susceptibility to compaction