
Consolidation, 208
Constant flux method, 583
Constant head method, 362–363
Constant-volume hydrogen scale, 517
Consumptive water use, computing, 276
Contact angle, 259–261
Contact angle effect, 348–349
Continuity equation, 380, 384–385
Convection, 467, 533–534
equation for, 470–471
Convective diffusion transport, 490
Convective dispersion process, 477, 478
Convective-dispersive equation (CDE), 483–484
nondimensional, 496, 498–499
simplest form of, 482–483
Convective transport, 492
Coshocton wheel sampler, 278, 281
Coulomb’s law, 55–56, 198
Covalent bonds, 57–58
Cracking, 183–184
assessing degree of, 184
effect on soil water evaporation, 452
in vicinity of porous blocks, 337
Cracks, 634–635
Creep, 194
Critical soil organic matter content index, 131
Critical state theory, 237
Cropping systems, influence on soil structures, 136–137
Crop residue mulch, 120
Crops, albedo from, 525
Crop yields, effect of soil compaction on, 206, 207, 208, 217–218
Crumb structure, 104
Crusting
conceptual model of, 175
defined, 165
effect of rough seedbed on, 171
general model for, 174–176
versus hardsetting, 181
impacts on plant growth, 176
mechanisms of, 171–173
and modulus of rupture, 203
soil and crop management options for reducing, 178
soil properties susceptible to, 170
Crusts
characterization of, 176
figures of, 169, 170
formation of. See Crusting
hydraulic resistance of, 423
management of, 176–179
measuring strength of, 176, 177
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