Effets du débardage sur les propriétes physiques et mécaniques d'un sol lessivé sur loess en Forêt de Soignes

Influence of logging traffic on physical and mechanical properties of a loamy leached soil in the Soignes Forest [Brussel, Belgium]. In a even-aged high forest of beech in the Soignes Forest (near Brussels, Belgium), both intact and remoulded soil samples were taken in reference and adjacent wheel-rutted areas. Simultaneously, in the same areas, penetration tests were performed on the field. Local soils are argillic brown earths. The soil of the study, with an eluvial E horizon associated with an illuvial Bt horizon (clay accumulation), is a leached brown soil developed on loessic parent mater... Mehr ...