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CHANGES IN SOIL PROPERTIES AND CROP PRODUCTION DUE TO PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION

S.D. Zellmer,Julian Taylor,D.O. Johnson-1989-01-01-OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
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Trenching and backfilling during pipeline construction disturb the soil, causing temporary or permanent changes in edaphic conditions that may influence plant growth and crop yields. Three edaphic and crop production studies are a part of the Right-of-Way Research Program being conducted by Argonne National Laboratory for the Gas Research Institute. Study sites are located in Beaver County, Oklahoma; Kankakee and Iroquois Counties, Illinois; and Midland County, Michigan. Soil profiles from the pipe ditch, working side, and an adjacent undisturbed area are sampled, analyzed, and compared, using accepted methods. Wheat and grain sorghum yields were also measured at the Beaver County site. Results indicate that (1) pipe-ditch soils can differ significantly from adjacent undisturbed soil in bulk density, particle-size distribution, and available moisture capacity and (2) organic matter and plant nutrients are redistributed in the new pipe-ditch soil. Properties of the new pipe-ditch soil r

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Trenching and backfilling during pipeline construction disturb the soil, causing temporary or permanent changes in edaphic conditions that may influence plant growth and crop yields. Three edaphic and crop production studies are a part of the Right-of-Way Research Program being conducted by Argonne National Laboratory for the Gas Research Institute. Study sites are located in Beaver County, Oklahoma; Kankakee and Iroquois Counties, Illinois; and Midland County, Michigan. Soil profiles from the pipe ditch, working side, and an adjacent undisturbed area are sampled, analyzed, and compared, using accepted methods. Wheat and grain sorghum yields were also measured at the Beaver County site. Results indicate that (1) pipe-ditch soils can differ significantly from adjacent undisturbed soil in bulk density, particle-size distribution, and available moisture capacity and (2) organic matter and plant nutrients are redistributed in the new pipe-ditch soil. Properties of the new pipe-ditch soil r

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DitchEdaphicEnvironmental scienceSoil waterHydrology (agriculture)Hydric soilSoil scienceGeology

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