FRACTAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL PORE VARIABILITY WITH TWO DIMENSIONAL BINARY IMAGES
Abstract
The manure which we are using for plant growth does not help to increase the porosity of the soil. We use pyroligneous acid to treat the soil as softener, nutrient and porosity increaser. This helps to the soil to remove unwanted carbonates and separate the soil particles. In this way, we can increase 30% porosity of the soil. When we pour pyroligneous acid into soil, the soil increase the carbon content. We consider changes of pore space of a soil by image analysis and also assess the applicability of fractal scaling of pore surfaces. The calculated pore surface dimension showing that the surface exhibit fractal structure. Lacunarity shows the size distribution of holes. If Lacunarity increases, then the value become decreases. This study demonstrates that applicability of fractal scaling for evaluating pore surface of the soil images.
